The modern art of taming wild horses by Rarey J. S. (John Solomon) 1827-1866 & Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU

Author:Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon), 1827-1866 & Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horses, Horses, CHR 1858
Publisher: London : G. Routledge & Co.
Published: 1858-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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scare him; it is not because we want to hurt the horse that we whip him—we only do it to scare that bad disposition out of him. But whatever you do, do quickly, sharply and with a good deal of fire, but always without anger. If you are going to scare him at all you must do it at once. Never go into a pitched battle with your horse, and whip him until he is mad and will fight you ; you had better not touch him at all, for you will establish, instead of fear and regard, feelings of resentment, hatred, and ill-will. It will do him no good, but an injury, to strike a blow, unless you can scare him; but if you succeed in scaring him, you can whip him without making him mad; for fear and anger never exist together in the horse, and as soon as one is visible, you will find that the other has disappeared. As soon as you have frightened him so that he will stand up straight and pay some attention to you, approach him again, and caress him a good deal more than you whipped him, then you will excite the two controlling passions of his nature, love and fear, and then he will love and fear you too, and, as soon as he learns what to do, will ohej quickly.

HOW TO HALTER AND LEAD A COLT.

As soon as you have gentled the colt a little, take the halter in your left hand and approach him as before, and on the same side that you have gentled him. If he is very timid about your approaching closely to d2

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