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resemble the long whip used in circuses for regulating the 

 movements of horses, or that employed by carters — below 

 the hocks w^henever he presents his hind-quarters to us. 

 Having got him into a corner, we should prevent him from 

 escaping out of it, by showing him the point of the whip. 

 As soon as he understands that he exposes himself to 

 punishment by turning round, he will abstain from doing 

 so, and can be readily induced to stand still by the point of 

 the whip preventing him from getting away ; and, by the 

 fear of punishment, from turning round. By a few dex- 

 terous flourishes of the whip we shall have no difficulty in 

 making him come up to us, so as to avoid punishment. 

 He should then, I need hardly say, be rewarded by having 

 his crest scratched by the end of the whip, and, if he will 

 take it, by being presented with a carrot or other dainty. 

 By working in this manner, while we continue to walk 

 backwards, we can easily teach him to follow us. After 

 a time, by merely raising the whip, he will run up to us, so 

 as to avoid being hit with it. The foregoing method is 

 the one which is practised in circuses. 



Lifting up a fore leg. — Having haltered the horse, we 

 may, in order to gain further control over him, take up a 

 fore leg in one of the following ways : — 



I. If we are afraid that the horse on our approaching 

 him will " strike out " or kick, we may, as Colonel Rawlins, 

 R.H.A., showed me, form a noose about two feet and a half 

 in diameter, with a rope ; and having laid it on the ground, 

 give the free end to an assistant to hold. We may then 

 make the horse move about until he places one fore foot 



