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Title: How to handle and educate vicious horses
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Gleason, Oscar R. (Oscar Rudolph), 1856-
Subjects: Horses Dogs
Publisher: New York : Orange Judd Co.
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nd confusion as possiblewithout touching him. Of course he cannot think oftwo things at once, and the rope, tied around himbehind, catches him by surprise, and he will end bygiving up trying to get away when he finds that he isfreer from pain when he is quiet and still than whenjerking his head. For a very nervous horse put therope as far forward as possible around the body.This treatment can be applied until he is thoroughlyhalter-broke. The same arrangement is the mostsuccessful one in. existence for halter-pullers, and isalso a most valuable assistant in leading a horsebehind a wagon. How many people are at their witsends continually when on a long ride with a horsetied to the carriage behind !—and yet this simple in-vention would prevent it all, and they would not beobliged to even give the horse a thought. The next lesson to be given to the colt should bethe harnessing. First, put on the open bridle withthe straight bar bit, and run the lines back through TRAIXIXG THE HORSE. 77
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78 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. the thill-straps. Then teach the colt to turn to theright and to the left, and to stop at the word whoa.These lessons should never be longer than an houreach, and generally only two a day. Check-reins Ido not approve of, as, in my judgment, if a horse isborn into this world without style, you cannot helpthe matter any by forcing him into it until you havethoroughly trained him to drive. Then put on yourcheck-reins and take him up gradually, elevating hishead only to a natural position. I believe a colt should be first broke when about ayear old, but never worked in a vehicle until at leastfive years of age; and it is my opinion that a greatmany of our horses are almost ruined, or at leastgreatly decreased in value, by being broken tooyoung. Any good practical man, with good judg-ment, can break a colt ; yet he must never get im-patient, but bear in mind that a colt is like a childjust learning his A, B, C. All colts, of course, cannotbe handled alike, and, as

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