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METHODS OF SUBJECTION. 



only making the horse so heated and thoroughly excited as to be 

 desperate, and meeting with utter failure. It may be proper to say 

 that before this I had used the old method of disabling the fore legs 

 and making him lie down, carrying this to the utmost limit of what 

 could be done with it, as well as following it up with other treat- 

 ment. But now, without making scarcely an effort, there was the 

 most complete and satisfactory success. Not only this, but besides 

 having avoided all the cruelty and abuse to which I had necessarily 

 subjected the horse, I had developed and brought to light one of the 



Fig. 86.— Method of Holding the Strap while Going around with a Doubtful Case. 



most important and valuable secrets yet discovered in the art of 

 taming horses. 



This method is wonderfully effective in the subjection of colts 

 and vicious horses, especially those of a certain class of tempera- 

 ment, and in.breakkig single balkers. When combined with the other 

 treatment, it makes easy and simple the control of horses that it 

 would be both difficult and dangerous to subdue without. For ex- 

 ample, a wild, dangerous colt, mustang, or vicious mule, which in 

 many cases it would be exceedingly difficult and perilous to try to 

 confine with straps or other rigging, with the aid of a simple halter 

 can in this way be brought under control in a few minutes. Or, if 

 in any case this is not sufficient to give the success desired, it will 

 always give the required advantage to subject safely to the other 

 methods of treatment. This we will call the Second Method of Sub- 

 jection. 



