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governing sense of. the horse/' with a lot of trash 

 under this head from " Faucher," as well as others, 

 about the use of oil and drugs, who probably were 

 no horsemen at all, but merely experimentalists ; 

 although we know that by the use of chloroform 

 a horse may be more effectually tamed for the 

 time than by Mr. Rarey's new method. 



We are next favoured with some lengthy quo- 

 tations from Mr. Willis J. Powell's work, pub- 

 lished in Europe about the year 1814, ovl gentling, 

 or w^hat we call handling the horse, — about strok- 

 ing his forehead, rubbing and patting his body 

 and Hmbs, handling his ears, and pulling his tail, 

 which any groom knows how to practise quite as 

 well as Mr. Willis Powell or Mr. Rarey. Then 

 foUow the author's own remarks on Powell's sys- 

 tem, which it would be sheer waste of time and 

 paper to make any comments upon, being little 

 more than Powell's story repeated about gentling, 

 rubbing, and stroJcing the horse, with the additions 

 of — " Ho, my little boy — pretty boy — nice lady — 

 or something of that kind, constantly repeating 

 the same words, with the same kind and steady 

 tone of voice." 



To those who scarcelv know a horse from a 

 donkey, such instructions may prove perhaps 

 amusing and interesting ; but it would be a re- 



