LNTSODUCION. 



41 



hold of it with your right hand; stand on the left side of the horse; grasp 

 the bit in your left hand, pull steadily on the strap with your right; bear 

 against his shoulder till you cause him to move. As soon as he lifts his 

 weight, your pulling will raise the other foot, and he will have to come on 

 his knees. Keep the strap tight in your hand, so that he cannot straighten 

 his leg, if he rises up. Hold him in his position, and turn his head 

 toward you; bear against his side with your shoulder — not hard, but with 

 a steady, equal pressure — and in about ten minutes he will lie down. 

 As soon as he lies down, he will be completely conquered, and you can 

 handle him as you please. Take off the straps, and straighten out his 

 legs; rub him lightly about the face and neck with your hand the way the 

 hair lies; handle all his legs; and, after he has lain ten or twenty minutes, 



Fig. 53 

 Rarey's Strap No. 1. 



let him get up again. After resting him a short time, make him lie 

 down as before. Eepeat the operation three or four times, which will be 

 sufficient for one lesson. Give him two lessons a day; and when you 

 have given him four lessons, he will lie down by taking hold of one foot. 

 As soon as he is well broken to lie down in this way, tap him on the op- 

 posite leg with a stick when you take hold of his foot, and in a few days he 

 will lie down from the mere motion of the stick. 



RECAPITULATION AND MINUTE DIRECTIONS. 



In practising the foregoing method upon a colt, he should be first 

 accustomed to be handled, and taught to lead easily. In approaching a 

 spiteful or vicious horse, you had better make your advances with a half 

 opened door between you and him ; gradually make his acquaintance, 

 and teach him that you do not care for his open mouth ; but a regular 



