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SUBJECTION. 



or until the constitution was so seriously injured as to ruin 

 them. 



Any method of lowering the vitality will make a horse 

 gentle, such as physicking, bleeding, tying down, depriving 

 of water, food, sleep, subjecting to intense pain, etc., which 

 can be carried to any extent desired ; but the trouble is 

 that when the horse regains his strength, or recovers from the 



FIG. 254. The horse ready to be thrown. 



effects of the pain, he is liable to become as bad as be- 

 fore. 



By disabling any part of the body, there will be pro- 

 duced a corresponding sense of helplessness and submission. 

 For example, tying one ear down or twisting it is regarded 

 by many as quite a secret to make a horse stand to be shod. 

 It is quite a trick among many jockeys, in driving a kicker, 

 to tie the tail to the crosspiece, or forward by a string to 

 the belly-band, having discovered that a horse will not kick 

 if the tail is disabled or cannot be raised. It is on this 



