18 TRAINING OF HORSES. 
and subdue this valuable animal. Our object is to 
educate him—to operate through such intelligences as 
are given him; and by careful, patient, and kind treat- 
ment, guide, direct,.and teach the horse what is required 
of him. You may, perhaps, by harsh and cruel treat- 
ment, break his spirit and compel him, through abject 
fear, to obey certain commands, but unless you accom- 
pany your acts, which should, as far as possible be gen- 
tle and humane, by some method which will convince 
the intelligence of the horse, and which will thereby 
make a lasting impression, you have not reached the 
true theory of Horse-Training. 
We have no disposition to interfere with or denounce 
other systems, but in putting our system before thé: 
public in printed form, it is a duty we owe to ourselves 
to fully explain wherein lies its advantage over other 
systems. This can not, perhaps, be better done than 
by giving an example; thus: 
Suppose you have a horse which kicks at you every 
time you attempt to enter his stall, You have perhaps 
been told by some professional horse-tamer, that if you 
strap up one fore-foot and tie a strap to the other, 
then pull up on the strap, you may throw the. horse 
down, and that if you repeat this a few times, he will 
become docile, and allow you to enter the stall without 
his kicking you; and you have then probably been told, 
that, upon the theory of showing the animal your power 
over him, you have broken him of the habit, and that 
the same rule will apply to all other bad habits,’ The 
