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INDEX Additional school movements, 305 Admiration, love of, 21 Affection, 20 Aggressiveness, 31 " Aids," the, 54, 60, 64, ()-], 68, 85 Amblers to trot, teaching, 342 Anger, 17 Angle efface to ground, 77-79, 85 Ape, 12, 13, 16 Appuyer, 303 Arab horses, 1 1 Army horses, 37, 54, 333 Association of ideas, 3, 8, 40, 43, 46, 54 Attention, gaining horse's, 36 Australia, 255 Australian Blacks, 1 1 horses, 36, 350 rough riders, 222 Automatic actions, 2, 6 Back, breaking pony's, 167 Balancing pole of body, 90 Ball, difficult to, 347 Ball's Bridge, 272 Banham, Mr., 116 Banks, Irish, 259 Barroil, M., 95, 305 Bars of the mouth, 45, 67, 87 Baucher, 86, 212, 252, 281, 282 Bearing reins, 10 1, 185 Bearskni, 22 Beaucoup dejanibes, etc, 86 Begging, 366 Behind work, heart, 36 Belvoir, 269 Bit, keeping behind the, 340 Biting, 43, 172, 352 Black Bess, 369 Blindfolding horse, 1 28 Boers, the, 176, 177 Bolting, 339 Boots for jumping, 265 Boring, 199, 323 Bowing, 366 Breaker, danger of standing behind, 10 , requirements in the, 35 Breaking methods, selection of, 60 , variety in, 60 Breaking, ordinary, 54 , objects of, 33 , scope of, 33 " Breaking " when wanted to walk or trot, 340 Bridle, Buonaparte, 133 , difficult to, 345 , keeping behind the, 83, 84 340 twitch, 138 Bronchos, II Buckjumper, 49 Buckjumping, 350 Buckland, Frank, 12 Buonaparte bridle, 133 Bushmen, II 'Bus horse, 6 Cabmen, London, 100, 187 Camel, 22 Canter, 203, 241, 289 Cantering falsely, 241, 292 on three legs, 310 with off fore, 246 Cantle of saddle, rein under, 191 Capped knee, 124 Carriage of head and neck, 76 Carrot, 21, 47 376 INDEX. Castration, 58 Cat, 9, 20 Catch, difficult to, 345 Catching loose horse, 11 1, 179 Cause and effect; 11, 96 Cavalry Drill, 215, 237, 300, 303, 319 Cavalry horse, 17, 217, 317 riding, 85 Cavesson, 45, 142, 261, 367 Chance of doing wrong, not giving, 53 " Chancing " fences, 230 Change of pace, 302 of leg in canter, 244, 291, 310 Charger, 19 Chaser, the, 269 Chifney, Saoi, 282 Children, 13, 16, 46, 72 China pony, 167 Chucking up the head, 328 Circling at liberty, 367 at the passage, 300 horse, 88 Circular enclosure with jumps, 263 Circus, 47, ^i, 90, 281, 310, 311, 371 — tricks, 365 Civilisation, effect of, \- Cold blood, jumping in, 37, 268 Collecting horse, 81, 238, 286-289 Colonel, 17 Comanche bridle, 141, 212 Come up, making horse, 212 , teaching to, 116, 367 Companionship, horse's love of, 20 Conformation, 70 Consciousness, 3 Control, impatience of, 16 Corn, sieve of, 13 Counterchange of hand, 300 Courage, 26 Cow, 20 kicking, 120 Crib-biting, 19 'Cross country horses, 55 Crosstrees, 189 Cruiser, 56 Crupper leading rein, 211, 214 Curbs, 86, 263, 284 Custance, 282 Cut and laid hedge, 259 Cuvier, 13 Danger of standing behind breaker, .105 Discipline, 51 Diseases, 58 Dismount from, difficult to, 345 Disunited in canter, 241 Dogs, 5, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 59, 89 Donkeys, 14, 22 Doorway, refusal to enter, 1 1 Double sheet bend, 154, 155 Drench, difficult to, 347 Driving on foot, 192, 275 pad, 187 Dublin, 272 Dumb jockeys, loi Early training, 36 Elastic reins, 103 Elephant, 13, 16 Emulation, 20, 48 Enclosure, breaking, 104. Ends of body, answering rein with both, 70 England, 240, 255, 281, 282 Entires, 21, 31, 44, 286 Epaule en dedans, 303 Esa, Mr., 138 Evenijig Standard ^t 175 Experience, 3 Face, angle of, 79 Faintheartedness, 30 Fallon, 208 Falsely, cantering and galloping, 241, 292, 313 Fanchion, 132, 214 Fatigue, 49 Feeling, sense of, 24 Fences, refusing, 266 , running out at, 266 , rushing at, 266 Field, the, 360 "Fight," forcing horse to, 165 Figure of eight, 244, 202 Fillis, 23, 47, 286, 305, 308, 310, 311 Fire, unsteady under, 347 Fly, 43 Follow, teaching to, 116, 141, 367 Foot, breaking on, 178 drawn back, 65 INDEX. 377 Foot, driving on, 192 Fordham, George, 282 Forehand, lightening, 74, 75 , too much weight on, 343 , turning on, 208, 229, 293, 336 Fore leg, extension of, 305 , holding up, 122 , lifting up, 117 , noosing, 117 , tying up, 118, 124, 125 Frasier, Mr., 132, 367 Freedom, love of, 16 "Funk," 267 Gag, wooden, 43, 160, 352 Gal way, 255 Gatacre, General, 155 "Game" horses, 31 Geldings, 22, 44, 286 Gentling horse, 105, 164 hind lees. 152 Germinal, 311 Gleeson, "Professor," 175 Goat, 20, 72 Grazing requirements, 70 Gregariousness, 19, 37 Groom, 13, 59, 60 Ground, keeping horse on, 165, 167 iSi Guards, leather, 99 Gun, firing off, 368 PIabits, 4, 5, 61 Hack, park, 316, 320 Half hitch, 157 Halt, collecting at the, 81,85, 102, 286 , the, 82, 249, 301 by word, 195 Haltering loose horse, 1 1 1 Halter rope, 109 twitch, 129 Hamilton, 161 Handkerchief v/ork, 367 Handle, difficult to, 345 Hands, shaking, 374 Hanging against pole, 344 on headstall, 363 Harness, breaking to, 274, 320 , difficult to, 361 , falling in, 167 344 Harness, hanging against pole in, 344 horses, 75, 76, 102 , jibbing in, 333 , kicking in, 356 , lying down in, 363 , plunging when starting in, 344 , pulling away from pole in, work making horse pull, 325 Head and neck, carriage of, 76 and tail method, 89, 134, 169, 220, 225, 341 pulled round on ground, 165 , shaking the, 366 • stall, hanging on the, 363 stall, removing, 204 stall twitch, 136 , throwing up the, 328 Hearing, sense of, 22 Heart behind work, 36 Heavy in front, 74, 83 Hedge, cut and laid, 259 Heel, accustoming horse to, 348 , unsteady when touched with, 347 High school, 87, 247, 280 school horse, 217 Hill, zigzagging up, 15 Hilly countries, 14 Himalayas, 5 Hind legs, gentling, 152 , lifting up, 146 , walking on, 373 when jumping, injury to, 75, 250, 263, 342 Hind-quarters away from us, teach- ing to turn, 179, 354 sideways, carrying, 343 , turning on, 293 ■ ■ under horse, bringing, 74 Hippo lasso, 143 Hobble, 153 , improvised, 159 Holding horse, 106 horse on ground, 167 up fore leg, 122 Horse-breaking, objects of, 33 , ordinary system of, 7 , scope of, 33 , 'bus, 6 378 INDEX. Horse control, theory of, 33 control, methods ol, 104 -tamers, 54, 57, 60, 205, 214, 225 taming, 34 taming machine, 176 to aids, suitability of, 6 Horses, wild, 5 Humouring horses, 50 Hunters, 37, 217, 267, 325, 354 Hunting, 58, 59, 92, 326, 327, 328, 355 Hurdle-racer, the, 271 Ideas, 3 Imitation, 19, 37, 48 Indian war bridle, 139 Initiative, depriving horse of, 81, 282 Instinct, 4, 61 Intelligence, 9, 25, 32, 39 Intensity of impression, 7, 54 Ireland, 208, 240, 282 Irish outside car, 278 Islington, 255 Jambette, 310 Jealousy, 59 Jennings, Mr. R., 169 Jerking the reins, 45 Jibbing, 17, 18, 30, 37, 46, 57, 84, 330, 336 Jmgle, a, 277 Jumper, show, 271 Jumping, 58, 83, 100, 254 competitions, 255, 272 faults, 265 over another horse, 368 , strain on hind legs in, 75 Kemp, Mr., 329 Key to horse's mouth, 328 Kicking, 22, 75, 153, 172, 354, 362, 369 Kindness, 50 Kirby Gate, 269 Kissing, 369 Kneeling down, 369 Knights of old, 85, 281 Knot which will not run, 132 Knowledge of his own strength, 52, 55 Ladies' horses, 315 Lamp-post, 18 Language, horse understanding our, 39. Lassoing horse, 179 Laughing, 369 Laziness, 31 Lead, difficult to, 348 , teaching to, 141, 211 Leading horse, 106, 215, 260 off in canter, 243, 289 rein, crupper, 211, 214 with wrong leg, 343 Leather guards, 99 Le Bon, Dr., 7 Leg, changing, 203, 242, 244, 291 Leg strap, 124 Legs as an aid, 66, 237, 240 Leicestershire, 255, 268, 269 Liberty work, 370 Lie down, making horse, 161,341, 371 Lightening forehand, 74, 75 Light in hand, 82 Limping, 370 Litter, pawing back the, 360 Long reins, 91, 183, 256 Lunging horse, 91 Machine, horse-taming, 176 Magic touch, 36 Magner, 214 Mahomet, the talking horse, 366 Mane of racehorses, plaiting, 12 , scratching, 25 Mange provoking kicking, 359 Mares, 20, 31, 44, 193, 2S6 Martingale, running, 98 , standing, 96, 206 Memory, 3, 6 Mental qualities of the horse, I Military exigencies, 55 riding, 74, 85 Miller, Mr. E. D., 320 , the, 38 Mind, I Mitchell, Mr., 356 Monkey, 12, 16, 25 Moore, Mr. J. H., 208, 257 Morgan, Professor, 3, 15 Mount, difficult to, 345 Mountain paths, 14 INDEX. ;79 Mounted breaking. 217 Mounting, Australian method of, 222 horse for fii'st time, 218 Mouth, 54, 60, 64, 83 , hardness of, 81 Mouthing, theory of, 64 Mules, 14, 18, 321 Neck muscles, 77 5 stiffness of, 81 Nerves, i , overstimulation of, 38 Nervousness, 27-29 — and vice, distinction between, 28 Nervous system, i Newmarket, 199 "No!" 366 Noose twitch, 136, 180 which will not run, 132 Noosing fore leg, 118 Nose-bands, 98, loi Nymphomania, 21, 179 Obedience, necessity of, 50, 62, 69, 326 Obstinacy, 30 Off fore, cantering with, 246 Offett, Denton, 175 Orders, making horse understand our, 39 Ourang-outang, 13 Outside car, 278, Over-reaching, 264 Pacers to trot, teaching, 342 Pad, driving, 187 Pain (see also punishment), 43, 46 PalHn, Mr,, 347 Park hack, 316, 320 Fas d'ecole, 28 7 Passage, the, 295, 301, 315 Passage, le, 288 Pawing at night, 359 • back the litter, 360 Peat, General, 160 Permanency in breaking, 61 Personal influence, 59 Petting horse, 50 Phonograph, 3 Piafifer, 288, 311 Piaffer ballofe, 311 Pigeon, tooth-billed, 4 Pillars, the, loi, 207 Pirouette ordmaire, 295 • renversee, 293 Plaiting mane of racehorses, 12 Plank, see-sawing on, 374 Pluck, 26 , spoiling, 51 Plunging in harness, 344 Pomts (^ the Horse, 75, 94, 200, 241, 246, 271, 272 Pole, hanging against, 344 , pulling away from, 344 Polka, dancing the, 310, 373 Polo ponies, 99, 319, 339, 353 , Mr. E. D. Miller's book on 320 Ponies, hill, 5, 14 Pony mare, 18 Prancing, 340 Pratt, Mr., 115, 132, 166, 214 Probasco, Mr., 366 Pulling, 324 Punishment, 30, 42 Pushing man out of ring, 373 Quick breaking methods, 8, 53 Raabe and Lunel, 143 Racecourses, 30, 58, 92, 313, 339 Race-horses, 12, 42, 44, 74, 199, 312 Railway lines, 90 Ranks, refusing to leave, 37 Rapid methods of breaking, 8, 53 Rarey, 34, 53, 56, 124, 160, 174, I75 Rareyfying, 52, 61, 174 Rassembler, 86 Rawlins, Colonel, 117 Rearing, 75, 84, 335, 34i, 373 Reason, 9, 12 " Refusing," 70, 256, 339 Rein-bearers, 189 Rein, getting tail over, 362 "Reining," loi back, 92, 200, 232, 315, 341 Reins, 65, 187 , bending to the, 84 , elastic, 103 , jerking the, 45 , long, 91, 183 38o INDEX. Reins, obeying without, 372 , pull of the, 88 Removing gear, 204 • headstall, 204 Renz, Circus, 311 Repetition, 7 Revenge, 16, 18 Reward, 42, 47 Rideable and driveable, 53 Rider, timid, 4 1 Riding school, 20, 37, 254, 284 the bridle, 240 Ring, pushing man out of, 373 River, 40 Rockwell, Mr,, 214, 372 Rope-halter, 109 , trailing, 22 twitch, 132, 180 Routine, 244, 254, 283, 284, 292 Rubbing the tail, 361 Running away, 51, 324 grounds, 90 out, 339 out at fences, 70, 339 reins, loi Rushing at fences, 266 Saddle, buckjumping, 226 , difficult to, 345 Safety in breaking, 52 St. Petersburg, 175 Salkeld, Colonel, 371 Sample, " Professor," 53. 161, 169, 175, 176, 372 Saunders, Mr., 125 Savaging, 22, 31, 3^2 School breaking, 280 horse, 285, 299 • instruction, course of, 304 movements, additional, 305 walk, 287 See-sawing on plank, 374 Self-control, 9 preservation, 16 Serpentine, 311 Sexual instinct, 21, 58 Shaking hands, 374 the head, 366 Sheet bend, double, 155 Shires, the, 255 Shoe, difficult to, 51, 349 Shooting pony, 321 Shoulder-in, 303 Shoulders fining down, 72 Show-jumper, the, 271 Shying, 5, 240, 338 Side reins, loi, 206 Sieve of corn, 13 Sight, sense of, 22 Signals, horse understanding our, 39, 41, 45 Sleeping standing, 361 Smell, sense of, 24 Smith, Mr. Norton, 175 Snaffles, 86, 184, 262, 284, 328 Snake, 22 Soldier, 74 South Africa, 31, 36, 176, 179, 180, 350 Spanish trot, 87, 281, 308 walk, 87, 281, 307 Speed when jumping, regulating, 264 Spiti, 5 Splinter bar, tying tail to, 357 Spoiled horses, 55, 60 Sprain of hind legs, 75, 250 Spurs, 251 Stall, hanging back in, 364 Standard, Evejtini:^, 175 Standing behind breaker, danger in, 105 Stand still, making horse, 117 Star-gazing, 83, 100, 193, 328, 341 " Steady ! " 41, 129, 346 Stick, 66, 180 Stirrup leather for leg strap, 125 Stopping by word, 195 Strait-jacket, 143, 168 Strength, knowledge of his own, 52, 55 Stubbornness, 57, 166 Stumbling, 12 Submission to superior power, 25 Sulking, 30, 31, 36, 57, 165, 172, 182 Surroundings, 38 Sword, unsteady with, 347 Tail, bandaging, 360 • over rein, 363 rope, 162, 166 , rubbing the, 361 , short, 157 INDEX. 381 Tail to splinter-bar, tying, 357 with tape, tying, 360 " Taking off," when jumping, 264 Talking horse, 366 Tattenham Corner, 313 Temper, faults of, 345 Tent pegging, 339 Tiger, 6, 26 Time required for breaking, 252 Touch with horse, keeping in, 84 Treachery, 25, 32, 57 Trooper, 217, 317 Trot, the, 235, 288, 302 Trying yearlings, 312 Turn, difficult to, 339 hind-quarters away from us, teaching horse to, 179, 354 on forehand, 208, 229, 293 on hind-quarters, 293 on three legs, 309 Turning at liberty, 294 horse, 70, 88, 196, 235, 238, 319 Turpm, Dick, 369 Twitch, bridle, 138 -, halter, 129 -, headstall, 136 -, noose, 136, 180 -, ordinary, 130, 131, 132, 140 , rope, 132, 180 Tying horses up," loi Understanding our orders, horse,. 39 Unharness, difficult to, 362 Uniformity of conduct, 25 Unsteadiness, 347 Variety in breaking methods, 60 Vice, 27, 56 Voice, effect of, 46, 47, 67 Walk, the, 78, 234 Waltzing, 374 Wardrop, Colonel, 207 Weaving, 19 Weight, distribution of, 69, 72, 202> 236, 343 , riders, 64, 67, 68, 75, 245 Well?, 282 Whip, 66, 116, 198, 251 , unsteady with, 347, 348 Whipping round, 340 Whips, using two, 228 "Whoa!" 195 Woods, Major, 168 Yearlings, 312 "Yes," 366 Zebras, ii, 321 Zigzagging up hill, 15 PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. 