30 HUMANE HORSE-TRAINING 



your horse to everything that might tend to annoy 

 any one of the senses ; then, and only then, can he be 

 considered thoroughly trained. 



In presenting this work I am well aware of the severe 

 criticism it will be obliged to undergo at the hands of 

 horsemen and others ; but having seen a great many 

 horsemen at work, and carefully studied their various 

 systems — and their good and bad results — I feel that I 

 am quite justified in writing something on the subject. 

 I am quite familiar with the methods employed by the 

 numerous horse-trainers throughout the United States 

 and Europe : such men as Rarey, Powell, Sample, 

 Hutchinson, Everard Calthrop, Galvayne, Beery and 

 Captain Rimington ; these great horsemen have 

 trained the most vicious horses. 



I have made a great study of the temperaments of 

 horses, and I can usually read the character of any 

 horse I am consulted about. There used to be a horse 

 in Surrey who was very vicious. I remember seeing 

 him, and I could not detect anything really wicked 

 from the phrenological point of view. I made many 

 inquiries about the horse, and eventually learned that 

 once upon a time the horse was a quiet, sensible, docile 

 animal. It appears that his groom, in order to show the 

 intelligence of the horse, would put his arm up to the 



