TRAINING OF HORSES. 19 
fact is that for the time being you have tired, wearied, 
frightened and broken down your horse, and he has no 
ambition or strength to kick or give evidence of other 
habits, good or bad. The next day ‘you attempt. to 
enter your stall, and you-will find him as much a kicker 
as ever. You quite reasonably ask, “How long does 
this horse-taming last?” The tamer will tell you to 
repeat the operation; and so you may, until you have. 
destroyed your horse; but you have taught him nothing, 
except, perhaps, to. fall down when you make the motion 
to put on the straps. 
We believe, in ‘a measure, in subduing the horse, but 
at the same time he must know for what purpose, and 
the application _ of the power which you possess over 
him must be made directly to each bad habit of which 
you wish to cure him, or to each new habit you wish 
him to form. We wish to make it plain that our-theory. 
is, that for every habit you cure or cause to be formed, 
there must be a separate and distinct lesson, and submis- 
sion and. understanding, on the part. of the horse, ob- 
tained in each instance. This is the only submission 
which is of any real value. The illustrations which we 
give of our manner of proceeding carry this theory 
into effectual practice. 
The horse trained after our method loses none of 
_his vigor or elasticity, and as he is taught each lesson, 
_ if our advice is closely followed, it will be given at the 
right time in the right place, and be founded upon the 
laws of nature ; and the practice being continued until hab- 
