MANAGEMENT AFTER HALTERING. 11 



from you, he will never rear, pull or throw himself, 

 yet you will be holding him all the time, and doing 

 more towards gentling him than if you had the 

 power to snub him right up, and hold him to one 

 spot ; because he knows nothing about his strength, 

 and if you don't do anything to make him pull, he 

 will never know what he can do in that way. In a 

 few minutes you can begin to control him with the 

 halter, then shorten the distance between yourself 

 and the horse by taking up the strap in your hand. 

 As soon as he will allow you to hold him by a tole- 

 rably short strap, and to step up to him without fly- 

 ing back, you can begin to give him some idea about 

 leading. But to do this, do not go before and 

 attempt to pull him after you, but commence by 

 pulling him very quietly to one side. He has 

 nothing to brace either side of his neck, and will 

 soon yield to a steady, gradual pull of the halter ; 

 and as soon as you have pulled him a step or two to 

 one side, step to him and caress him, and then pull 

 him again, repeating this operation until you can 

 pull him in every direction, and walk about the 

 stable with him ; which you can do in a few minutes, 

 for he will soon think when you have made him 

 step to the right or left a few times, that he is com- 

 pelled to follow the pull of the halter, not knowing 

 that he has the power to resist your pulling ; besides, 

 you have handled him so gently that he is not afraid 

 of you, but rather hkes you. After you have given 

 him a few lessons of this kind, at proper intervals, 

 he will be so tame that if you turn him out to pas- 



