342 TO MAKE A HORSE LIE DOWN. 



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 this position, and turn his head towards 

 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 let him get up again. 

 Repeat 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 opposite leg with a stick 

 when you take hold of his foot, and in a few days 

 he will lie down from the mere action of the stick/' 

 Here then, according to Mr. Rarey's plan, a horse 

 must be thrown on his knees from twelve to six- 

 teen times before his tuition will be complete in 



