THIRD METHOD. 



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vicious character, that will at first seem to resist it or fall down too 

 quickly. Upon such the Third Method should be used for a short 

 time, to, tone down their impetuousness, after which they will usu- 

 ally submit to this method without difficulty. 



Though compelled almost da,ily to subject all kinds of horses 

 to this treatment in small barns and other unsuitable places, and 

 surrounded by a crowd of men, by being careful I. never had a seri- 

 ous accident occur. Of course, in a field or open yard the danger 

 would be immeasurably diminished. Still, I think it my duty to 

 advise the greatest care to prevent accident, as it would be very 

 easy to injure if not to kill a horse, if at all careless or reckless 

 with a certain class. By going slowly at first and following up 

 cautiously, there can seldom be an accident. 



THIRD METHOD OF SUBJECTION. 



It is well known that by hitting a horse at a certain point back 

 of the ear, it is easy toe knock him down ; also, if a horse were to 

 throw himself over backward and 

 strike this part on a hub or stone; 

 he is Very liable to be instantly 

 killed. At the front part of the 

 atlas bone, or the first of the cer- 

 vical vertebrae, where it articu 

 lates into the occipital bone or 

 back of the head, about an inch 

 of the spinal cord is not covered 

 with bone. If a knife or other 

 sharp instrument were driven, 

 down at this point sufficient to 

 penetrate it, it would cause in- 

 stant death. Now, by bringing 

 gentle but firm pressure upon 

 this part, we have, if properly 

 used, a very powerful and val- 

 uable method of subjection, and 

 one which is singularly adapted, when necessary, to supplement 

 the other methods of treatment. It is, however, like the other 

 methods, especially adapted for a certain class of disposition and 

 habit, not unfrequ'ently making it easy- to subdue horses upon which 

 the other methods have failed, such as nervous-tempered, cour- 

 ageous, strong, wild horses that will not bear excitement or any 

 form of treatment that would permit heating the blood- It is, 



Fig. 96 —Method of Applying the Cord to Put 

 on Pressure. 



