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Title: Hand-book of Horsemanship and the habits and diseases of the horse and other animals
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Gleason, Oscar Rudolph, 1856- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: Buffalo, The Courier company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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le. So long as he is treated kindly he willbe kind and gentle himself to everyone handling him. If he should frightenat any new object, by speaking gently, So ho, my boy ! several timesover, it assures him at once that he is safe. When your horses are har-nessed to the carriage, and they wish to start before you are ready, dontjerk them, or speak cross, but go to their heads and caress and sooth them,and, when you get in, draw the reins up carefully, and talk kindly to them,and allow them to walk off slowly; in a few days, with such treatment,your horses will be perfectly tractable and gentle. A full-blooded horse isas sensitive as a well-bred man, and you must not halloa to him as you mightto a hog. Thisyou may not believe, but it is so. You must never use thewhip, except when the horse knows Vidiat and how to do, and will not do it,or is lazy, and requires the lash to inciease the speed. Adhere to the prin-ciple of kindness, and you will not fail to have a well-trained family horse.
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Ladies Equestrian Horsemanship. The saddlery for the use of the ladies is similar in principle to thatdevoted to gentlemans riding, with the exception that the bits and reins ofthe bridle are lighter and more ornamental, and the saddle furnished withcrutches for side-riding; the reins are narrower than those used by gentle- // A N J)-B O (, K <) F IT 0 U .s K AiA N S11 IP. 3 T) men, but otherwise the same. The saddle should be carefully fitted to thehorse, and there should always be a third crutcli, the use of which will here-after be explained. There is an extra leather girth, which keeps the flapsof the saddle in their places. The stirrup may be either like a mans witha lining of leather or velvet, or it may be a slipper, which is safer, and alsoeasier to the foot. Tlie ladys whip is a light affair, but, as her horse oughtseldom to require punishment, it is carried more to threaten than to givepunishment. A spur may be added for a ladys use ; it is sometimes need-ful for the purp

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