66 SUBJECTION. 



disposition, endanger breaking down the animal to over- 

 come ; and even though there is submission to force, there 

 is likely to be renewed resistance after the exhaustion, or 

 the animal becomes cool, unless the better nature is imme- 

 diately won into cooperation of the efforts by kind encour- 

 aging treatment. Hence, when it is desired to bring all 

 the powers of the animal into play, we see the blood is 

 warmed up either by stimulants or exercise. 



Trotting horses are exercised before racing j if animals 

 desired to fight are not in the mood, they are provoked 

 until excited; men who are under the influence of liquor, 

 or from any cause are excited, would fight with a reckless- 

 ness they could not be induced to do when sober and the 

 blood cool, consequently there must and will be increased 

 resistance to the degree, the bad part of the nature is 

 excited. 



This is what Rarey and others tried to accomplish and 

 evade by the different methods introduced, of controlling 

 horses such as lever bits, checking the head high, tying up 

 one or both legs and throwing the horse down. That 

 shown by Rarey (disabling and throwing) being the simplest 

 and valued most highly, the object being to exhibit physical 

 power to the mind, but if the horse happened to be of a 

 sulky, stubborn disposition, passively submitting to the 

 force to which subjected, the impression of power would 

 not be adequate, and if very vicious could not be made 

 sufficiently positive to ensure anything like uniform success, 

 especially in the breaking up of such habits as balking, 

 kicking, running away, etc. 



Were it admissible to subdue horses by lowering their 

 strength, success would be easy, as this can be and often is 

 done by any of the following means, such as bleeding, phy- 

 sicking, want of sleep, violent exercise, pain, starving, want 

 of water, etc., that will lower the strength and depress the 

 energies, will accomplish the same end. 



CHIIiIAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN METHODS. 



It is on this principle that the people of South America 

 break horses; they catch the wild horse with the lasso, 

 throw him to the ground, saddle and bridle him, then ride 

 tlie animal with whip and spur until exhausted and submis- 



