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towards you; bear against his side slightly with 

 your shoulder with an equal pressure; in ten 

 minutes or so, he will be down. As soon as he 

 is down, he will be conquered, and you can 

 handle as you please; heep his head up, now you 

 may take off the straps, straighten out his legs, 

 rub him about the face, head and neck with your 

 hand the way the hair lays; handle all his legs 

 gently, and he will soon learn that you wont 

 do him any harm. After he has laid some 15 

 or 20 minutes, let him get up again. Kest him 

 a short time, and make him lay down again as 

 before: repeat the operation three or four times 

 which is sufficient for one lesson; give him 3 or 

 4 lessons, and he will lay down by taking hold 

 of one foot, and tapping him on the other leg 

 with a stick while you have hold of his foot — 

 finally he will lay down from the motion of the 

 stipk. Before you attempt to make a horse lay 

 down, place a thick bed of hay on the floor or 

 ground, so that he cannot hurt himself in the 

 least. If your horse is very scarry, fretful or 

 skittish after you have given him one or two 

 lessons, take something that will rattle or any 

 thing that is calculated to frighten him, rattle 



