Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-13

before, and return. Don't crowd him. The
second time you turn from him he will be
sure to throw bis nose out after you as
much as to say, Cpd like to examine you
for better acquaintance" L don't believe
there is a wild horse alive who will not, on
the fourth time you turn away, put out one
foot and take a step after you. His curlosi-
ty will begin to supplant bis fear. The fifth
time he will let you come close enough to
begin to work with him. Then take your
whip, a long buggy whip. and hold it over
his neck, not touching him. except with the
cracker, which you allow just to touch and
tickle the further side OF his head. 1t will
annoy him a little as a fly would and he
will turn his head toward you to get rid of
it. The instant he moves his head in your
direction, if only six inches, stop, wait a lit
tie, then do it again and he will turn a little
more. Stop troubling him every time ne
shows the slightest disposition to move to-
ward you. In a little while he viii a K a
half involuntarily step toward you then
another, and soon you will have him right
up close to you, where you. can put a halter
on him. ill., ~
Put the halter on the end Of a stick about
four feet long, and hold it out slowly TO-
ward him. Let him smell it. Then raise it
gently and lay it on his head. If he shows
fear, take it away at once, and put it before
his nose again. Finally, he will let you put
it on him. Never be in a hurry never spr-
| prise him or startle him. When you want
him to move toward you, do not pull on the
halter, but touch him with che cracker of
the, whip in that tickling, fy-like way, ,on
the opposite side from you, or behind.
Gradually draw a little on the halter, so
that he will understand that when he feels
it, the meaning Of it is for him to move to-
ward you and with you. He is willing
enough to do it if he only knows what you
want. There is no animal in the world with
better intentions than a horse, but he is tim
id, and naturally afraid of what he does
not understand.
When you have him broken in this way
on one side you must do it all over again on
the other side. If you have approached
him and got him use to you on the near
SIDE, he will still be just as wild and just as
much afraid of you on the off side as he was
at first. Be patient, though don't hurry
him, and be sure to control yourself. The
man has no business trying to control ami
mails who cannot control himself. One min
ute Of passion, one cruel blow, may upset
all you have done in weeks-may, indeed,
almost ruin the horse for training. A few
light taps of the whip he may yet have to
receive, but do not give them to him when
he is making your acquaintance. He must
nottbe made afraid of the whip. You must
make him feel that it is o a thing of tor
ture, but an instrument of wishes to him.
By this time your horse has learned his A
BIC, and you can lay out the course of ed
ucation in which his studies are to be per-
fected. In other words, you determine
what tricks you are going to teach him, and
what part you will bear IN them. Remem-
Der that as you do a thing with a horse
when you teach him, exactly SO you must
do afterward. Never lie to him. BY that |
mean never make a false gesture or use the
wrong word, for if you do, you will confuse
him, and destroy his confidence both in you
and in himself.
TEACHING THEM TO KNEEL, ETC.
Now, you want him to kneel down.
Strap up his near fore foot tightly, so that
he Will stand on three legs. Then put a
long strap on the other fore foot, hold the
end of it in your hand, get him to move a
step and trip him down to his knees by pull
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