CD HORSE-BKEAKING. 



liim in this manner, and was at once seized witli 

 the nervous trembhng which comes over 'le 

 lutteur aiix prises avec un adversaire centre 

 lequel ses moyens habituels ont echoiie. Tro- 

 cadero etait dompte ! ' " And M. Carries took 

 advantage of the horse's stupor to put a saddle 

 and bridle upon him, after which Trocadero 

 submitted like a lamb to have his fore-feet shod, 

 and ultimately his hind-feet, without more ado. 

 The dodging process of M. Carries certainly 

 beats for simplicity even the throwing -down 

 process of Mr. Earey ; but it might be awkward 

 if the tamer were to meet with a horse less 

 susceptible of " stupeur " than Trocadero appears 

 to be. The question suggested by all these 

 horse-taming feats, however, is whether they 

 could not be rendered altogether unnecessary by 

 care taken in the original training, and whether, 

 as regards the trainer and the method he adopts 

 towards his four-legged pupils, the gist of the 

 whole matter does not lie in what has been said 

 by a French authority : — " S'il est brutal, le pou- 

 lain deviendra farouche, violent, et mefiant ; si. 



