Photo, by M. H. Hayes. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Horsebreaking — ' Professor' Sample and his System — Quackery in Horse- 

 taming — ' Professor' Galvayne — Sample's Show in London — Originality 

 in Horse Taming — Frank and Joe. 



IN 1885, I took a new and unexpected departure in my 

 horse studies. As I have already said, I used to rely, 

 for the breaking-in of horses, solely on the usual English 

 and Irish method of quiet riding and patient handling, until 

 I met Mr Moore, from whom I learned the virtues of the 

 long reins and standing martingale. I knew Rarey's method 

 of horse taming ; but did not understand the correct prin- 

 ciples of its application. My Newmarket experience did not 

 teach me much ; for English trainers trouble themselves 

 little about giving racehorses good mouths and manners. 

 The breaking-in of their yearlings is a very simple matter. 

 Having been more or less handled from the time they were 

 foaled, the efforts of these youngsters to resist control, when 

 they happen to rebel, are feeble, compared, for instance, to 



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