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this useless manoeuvre ; and I am quite sure that 

 no man of common sense and common feeling 

 would subject a valuable horse to this harsh treat- 

 ment, by which his knees must be sorely bruised, 

 if not otherwise injured, for the vain, puerile grati- 

 fication of making him lie down. ^ 



Having before expressed my opinion, from 

 which no arguments will turn me, that the process 

 of breaking colts ought to be gradual, to be 

 efficient, I have only one point left for consi- 

 deration — whether this method of throwing 

 is a necessary step towards the subjugation of 

 a vicious horse ? Being from long experience 

 thoroughly acquainted with the nature and habits 

 of the horse, and having ridden some as vicious 

 animals as any man ever possessed, I say, with the 

 knowledge of a plan somewhat analogous to Mr. 

 Rarey's (although devoid of cruelty and punish- 

 ment), the necessity never arose for my putting my 

 plan in execution \ and I am quite satisfied that 

 the greatest brute that ever existed in the shape of 

 a horse may be made tractable and obedient with- 

 out the use of such means — ever bearing in mind 

 this necessary caution, which should be written in 

 large letters over the loose box or stall of every 

 naturally bad-tempered horse : Natiiram exjicUas 

 fared, tamen usque recur rit. 



