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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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ll ask, What foundation haveyou for making such a statement ? Well, up to thepresent day, I have handled individually over seventhousand head of horses; and with this extensive ex-perience and a passionate desire to carefully study theanimal, I have drawn the following conclusions in re-gard to the method of telling a horses disposition, andif you will take the trouble to apply them to the dif-ferent horses you ? e brought in contact with, I haveno doubt but that you will readily agree with mewhen I say they are facts. 72 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. CHARACTERISTICS OF HORSES. If a horse has large, thick ears, hairy inside; small,flat eyes, sunk into the head; small, thick nostrils, andif he is narrow between ears and between eyes, andvery broad from eyes to jowls, he is a horse of nosense and can be taught nothing. On the other hand,when a horse has a small, thin, pointed ear, furry in-side; large, round, full eyes, standing out well fromhead; large, thin nostrils, and is broad between his
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HEAD OF A PERFECT HORSE. ears and between his eyes, and narrow from his eyesto his jowl, such a horse has intelligence—will learnquickly and remember well. A horse with a large,thick eye on the top of his head, sunken in and bulg-ing out between, with a Roman head, will generallybalk, plunge, or have some vicious habit, as well as atreacherous disposition. As I have given you some of the characteristics of apoor horse, it will not be out of place if I mention thequalifications of a perfect horse. The ears must besmall, pointed, furry inside, and wide between. The TRAINING THE HORSE. 73 eyes must be clear, full, large, standing out promi-nently, and wide between. The nostrils must be largeand thin, neck long, and well cut up under the jowl.Stout, heavy muscle on top, and thin through middle;withers must always be higher than hips; short back;broad and long hips, and close-jointed. For durabil-ity always buy a close-jointed horse, and one withfine, short hair. The finer the hair the l

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