TRAINING OF HORSES. 69 
foot-strap, and place on him a girth; pass the strap 
under the girth, and, holding the end in your hand, step 
away from him; then step toward him, and if he at- 
tempts to step away from you, pull up on the strap and 
say, “ Whoa!” If he stops, step up and caress him; re- 
peat until he will allow you to step up to him without 
moving away. Now take a short blunt whip in your 
right hand, and the strap in your left, standing by his 
side; pass your right arm over the withers and: gently 
touch him on the off-side of the head; if he starts to 
move off, pull up on the strap and say, “ Whoa!” When 
he turns his head, caress him, gradually with the whip 
forcing him to turn his head around toward you; when 
he will do this every time you put the whip. over, you 
mnay remove the foot-strap, and practice him in the lesson 
until he will come to you every time you lay the whip 
across his neck; then put on the foot-strap again, put 
your whip in the same position.and: hit him in the same 
place quite hard, at the same time saying, ‘t Come here, 
sir!” After a little he will be very prompt ; then place him 
in a corner and step off at a distance of eight or ten feet 
and say, “ Come here, sir!” If he comes, caress him ; if 
he does not come, hit him gently on the breast with a 
long whip ; he will perhaps struggle to get away, and if 
he attempts to get out of the corner, pull upon the strap. 
When he faces you, step up to him and caress him, plac- 
ing him back in the corner, and repeat; if he finally 
shows 2 disposition to follow, step back coaxingly, and. 
when he stops, caress him ; at each further repetition use 
