Ke inter tss etteeneth BSSpete a a te Woden * * ~ Seinen es Nec 15 pager ‘ : i betilt ereyte cit itil iat , paiHiteitsies oer uibea lee) Hist Peden rt beta itit pitas i i Lo techatierertrere: ares ey ae ir - o stiear Lanararaticaba Wl fqbebautcrinonetig tpeennegiengenriseemaliiae eaeeteromniniaen ete: celled duty Reishee STU UH rasicbeltgiadopeiastoteeats gat Foekonesericge ranarpecteciotatecineri sient ttetsnmie gerne tnniee vig ueneibibeeretettnerttes rest Serta Leth A sie eg Glass Book HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY, BEING A NEW AND PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF TEACHING AND EDUCATING THE HORSE. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS, WHIP-TRAINING,; OR, HOW TO DRIVE WITHOUT REINS; HOW TO MAKE A HORSE TROT HONEST, &c. By ROBERT JENNINGS, af VETERINARY SURGEON; PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY IN TH VETERINARY COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA: LECTURER ON VETERINARY MEDICINE IN THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, PA.; AUTHOR OF ‘¢@HE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES,” “‘ CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES,” “‘ SHEEP, SWINE, AND POULTRY,” ETC., ETC. TO WHICH IS APPENDED, AN ESSAY ON SHOEING; ALSO, THE SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF THE VARIOUS DISEASES OF THE HORSE, EMBRACING A FULL AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF GLANDERS. PHILADELPHIA: JOHN E. POTTER AND COMPANY, NOS. 614 AND 617 SANSOM STREET. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by ROBERT JENNINGS, V. 8. In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. PREFACE. Tur art of training horses has, until within the last few years, been attended with much cruelty and bad manage- ment. The system known as Rarey’s, though practised in this country for many years, was made popular by Mr. J. S. Rarey, to whom we willingly accord all the credit which is justly due him. His success has given a new impulse to the inventive minds of horsemen; and, like almost all other discoveries, the original is lost sight of in the improvements which followit. The Rarey system is one purely of subjugation and exhaustion; the spirit of the animal is thus often broken. On the contrary, our new system is one of education, embracing the practical portions of all the various systems known to man, from that of Sul- livan the Irish whisperer, down to the more modern systems of the present day. The animal is first taught what is required of him, and, as soon as he is made to understand, he becomes a willing subject. To attempt to force him to do that which he does not comprehend, is to excite him to resistance, a circumstance always to be avoided; hence the many baulky, kicking, and otherwise unruly horses. The Rarey system requires a man of nerve and deter- mination to handle a horse successfully, which requisites few men possess. Ours enables a boy fifteen or sixteen years of age to handle, and break to harness, the wildest animal. Strength and courage are not essential; but patience, perseverance, and kindness are required. The man who is void of patience cannot control and win the confidence of his horse. There is no other system known to man by which a horse can be trained to drive without bridle, bit, or reins, guided simply by motions of the whip. This principle is so simple, that any intelligent person can practise it successfully on any intelligent horse. To make a horse trot honest is also part of our system, it being original with us. We have * (5) ws ’ ve vt PREFACE. never known it fail. In March, 1865, I presented this subject to the consideration of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, and to the Philadelphia Riding Club, both of which institutions highly indorse it. Within the last year it has been greatiy modified and improved, rendering it the most complete and practical system ever presented to the public. To Messrs. Magner & Dudley, and to Messrs. Rockwell & Hurlburt, we acknowledge our indebtedness for valuable suggestions voluntarily offered us; also to Mr. J. E. Potter, Publisher, for the use of seven of our illustrations from the author’s work, “ The Horse and his Diseases.” The subject of shoeing horses, being one of great import- ance to horse-owners generally, has been duly considered. Twenty years’ active practice as a veterinary surgeon, has enabled us to detect many errors in the present system of shoeing, and to suggest improvements which have proved of great service in remedying, in a measure, the evils of the present mode of shoeing. The bad effects of careless shoeing are fully demonstrated. We ask of the smith a fair and candid trial of our principle, and we will abide the issue. The want of veterinary surgeons in most sections of the United States, and the urgent desire of many friends, has induced us to add to this work plain and simple directions for the treatment of the various diseases of that noble animal, including a full and complete history of that ter- rible and loathsome disease, Glanders; proving its con- tagious character and ready communication from horse to horse, and from horse to man. Under present circumstances, man cannot become too familiar with this dreadful disease. This pamphlet was published by the author, and dis- tributed gratuitously by the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, Pa., and the Burlington County Agricultural So- ciety, N. J. The demand being several thousands more than the supply, is our motive in republishing it entire; all who wish it will now have an opportunity of obtaining it. PAGE Hints on Training Horses, .........+.+ Sacpecnteaee pauesceVebacersssvsuereavsna ttc The Rope Halter, ...........6. Pai taecercsceeeee rer rere Becasusucedeneseae esbenet PO WE HUOUU ayes ddatscelacectercceces Suasterepinenescekt Giucweeatuscarsseteed Gssseceewat 21 The Line Webbing, ...........000+. Borbasnoct senensaddens Rnverscen eaburets Seccnsrarinee Ilabits of the Horse, ..... 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Digitalis (pulv.) . . . 3%“ Nit, (Potaseea Soca (2 eae Powd. Liquorice . . are Mix with molasses. For faire in horses or cattle. R. CamphorGum . ..... 2 dre. Ne GUase ea) Ss al kee Linseed Meal ... . % | $02. Mix with molasses. For retention of urine. R. Barbadoes Aloes . . . 6 drs. Paoly, Ginger" ub s2 (2 as os Coonan sae 1 «6 Mix with water.