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If he again rears, bear strongly on the snaffle, but without 

 jerks. When he has tried to rear three or four times without 

 being able to succeed, he will soon give up the attempt, and 

 perhaps may throw himself on his side, which he can do only 

 to the left, as the wall is on his right. A touch of the whip 

 on the left side, and shaking him up with the left snaffle rein 

 will be sufficient to make him get up. 



When the horse runs back, we should place ourselves in 

 front of him, and should pull strongly on the snaffle reins, 

 while slightly bending the knees and carrying the weight of 

 the body back, so that the horse can drag us back only with 

 difficulty, and consequently will soon become tired. I have 

 had so much practice in letting myself be dragged, while 

 keeping on my feet, that I can almost always stop any horse 

 at his second or third step. When he finds that we passively 

 and not actively resist his efforts, he will generally stop and 

 give a deep sigh. Fix him in this position, and try to find 

 out, which we can easily do with a little practice, if he is 

 going to yield or to continue his resistance. 



The lesson should never be httcrriifted, and it should on no 

 account be terminated by reason of the resistance of the horse. 



When the horse has given in, I again gently try, as in the 

 previous manner, to make him go forward and do not stop 

 until I have succeeded. Almost always the animal promptly 

 gives in. 



In the first part of this breaking, Baucher used to try to 

 make the horse come forward by lightly touching him on the 

 breast with a cutting whip, while he held the snaffle reins at 

 half-length and stood facing the horse. As I have explained 

 in the chapter on lunging, I do not object to this method, 

 although it is open to the serious objection of rendering the 

 man liable to be hit by the horse's fore feet and of making 

 the animal ticklish. Besides, touching the horse on the breast 

 is of no further use in breaking ; but touching him on the 



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