80 



METHODS OF SUBJSGTIOK 



Fig. '109. — Pulling Head of a Vicious Horse around to 

 Avoid his Fore Feet should he Strike, and Observ- 

 ing that the Cord Comes Right in the Mouth. 



The First Method can- 

 not be repeated with 

 much assurance of suc- 

 cess. If the horse will not 

 get up after being thrown, 

 you will have accom- 

 plished all that you can 

 by this treatment. Also 

 the Third Method will, as 

 a rule, prove a success or 

 failure after the first trial. 

 It cannot be repeated 

 with success, and should 

 not be tried. Whatever 

 is attempted by this meth- 

 od must be done at the 

 first trial. But if the horse 

 will bear it, this trial can 

 be carried to a considera- 

 ble extreme of pressure, and be continued for some time, though it 

 should not exceed twenty-five minutes^ except in very extreme 

 cases. One horse, of a certain temperament and character,, may be 

 able to stand pressure for 

 fifteen minutes as well as 

 another especially sensi- 

 tive horse, perhaps, would 

 the same only two or 

 three or four minutes. So 

 that each case must reg- 

 ulate just the extent and 

 amount of pressure need- 

 ed. These points I have 

 learned by experimenting 

 for a good many years on 

 a great variety of horses. 

 I would repeat, that the 

 point is to make all the 

 impression possible with 

 it when used, and then, if there is failure, resort to other methods. 



Fro. 110.— Looking at the Opposite Side to See that 



the Cord Comes Right, and Determining the 



Amount of Pressure Necessary. 



