TOP CARRIAGE. 



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open carriage, it is taken for granted he must know enough to drive 

 to one with a top, and hence the trouble. The horse should first be 

 driven around moderately, the driver carrying over his head an 

 open umbrella, which appears to the horse like the top of a carriage. 

 It should be shaken around and over the horse's body gently until 

 it does not attract his attention in the least. Now lead the horse' 

 to the carriage, and let him feel and smell of the top, and while do- 

 ing so, raise and lower it. .Then i ea d him around the carriage, 

 shaking and rattling the top at intervals. Next lead him into the 

 shafts so as to bring the head over the dash. If sensitive, caress 



Fia. 173.— Simple Treatment— Bringing the Pole over the Back and Quarters 

 until no Fear of It is Shown. 



and talk to him, and reward as before. Turn the horse around in 

 the shafts, lowering and raising the top until it can be brought up 

 and thrown back without attracting his notice. While the top is 

 up, put the shafts through the lugs so as to bring the horse into po- 

 sition, attach the harness, and start him on a walk or moderate trot, 

 repeating the raising and lowering of the top until it is disregarded, 

 when he can be driven right along. 



If an extreme case, it will be necessary to first compel sub- 

 mission by subjective treatment, and getting thorough control of 

 the mouth with the Breaking Bit or Patent Bridle. There must be 



