SECQND METHOD. 



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quires care and quickness, 

 and the horse should not 

 be given freedom to run 

 against anything. ' After 

 the horse has submitted 

 he should be, thoroughly- 

 poled all over, the feet 

 handled, etc., until there 

 is entire indifference to it, 

 then untied, and the same 

 handling repeated. If the 

 treatment has been prop- 

 erly carried out, there 

 should be no difficulty 

 at this point in handling 

 the feet,, poling, mount- 

 ing, etc. 



This method of subjec- 

 tion is the simplest, the most humane and effective, all things con-' 

 sidered, that has yet been discovered. It not only diverts the 

 horse's brain from acting, but matches his strength so perfectly 

 against itself, that without; producing the least pain or injury he can 



Fis. 93. — Taking up the Colt's Foot while Tied— One 

 of the Tests in Determining his Submission. 



Fig. 94 — Method of Testing after being Untied. 



be made almost entirely helpless. It will effect the ' entire subjec- 

 tion and docility of the average of the worst of wild, vicious/ un- 

 broken colts, no matter how dangerous, in about five to fifteen 

 minutes, depending much upon how it is done, so that they can be 

 ridden, have the feet handled, or allow anything to come against the 



