GENERAL REMARKS. 



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visited that country, worked upon this horse for two weeks, result- 

 ing in seriously injuring the horse, and leaving him worse than he 

 was before. This case was entirely controlled in. less than fifty 

 minutes' treatment, and was driven next day eight or ten rods distant 

 in the street without breeching, by word of command only. 



Fig. 193. 



Fig. 194. 

 Contrasts of Character. 



Fig. 195. 



These apparently remarkable results were accomplished by one 

 or more of the methods of subjection, With the Breaking Bit de- 

 scribed in the second chapter. These, with a great many other in- 

 teresting cases, are referred to in detail in my regular book on the 

 horse. We had cases of this character brought to us almost daily 

 to be experimented upon, and it was very exceptional cases that we 

 could not hitch up and drive within fifteen to twenty or thirty min- 

 utes. Occasionally we would find cases that we could not control 



Fig. 196. 



Fig. 197. 

 Contrasts of Character. 



Fig. 198. 



in one or even two lessons, but it was seldom we experienced any 

 real difficulty in doing so by careful repetition of the treatment, the 

 main point being to apply the treatment carefully arid properly. 



I think it advisable to call attention, first, to the common 

 causes of kicking. In Colt-Training and Fear special attention is 

 called to the fact that making one part of the body gentle gives no 



