Tachyhippodamia; Or, The new secret of taming horses

70 chapters

1. 1TACHYHIPPODAMIA; OR, THE NEW SECRET OF T A M I N G H O R S E S.
2. 2TO THE READER.
3. 3CONTENTS.
4. 4TACHYHIPPODAMIA.
5. 5OBSERVATIONS UPON HORSES IN GENERAL: AND WHAT LED ME TO THE DISCOVERY OF BREAKING THEM IN A SHORT TIME.
6. 6THE SECRET. “A GENTLE HAND MAY LEAD THE ELEPHANT BY A HAIR.”
7. 7REFRACTORY HORSES GENTLED FOR A LONG TIME IN THE COMMON WAY.
8. 8A SKITTISH HORSE.
9. 9A HORSE THAT WILL NOT SUFFER HIS EARS TO BE TOUCHED.
10. 10TO BREAK A HORSE OF KICKING.
11. 11HOW TO MANAGE A HORSE THAT KICKS UP, SO AS TO BREAK HIM OF THAT VICIOUS HABIT.
12. 12TO HANDLE A HORSE’S FEET THAT IS APT TO KICK.
13. 13TO TEACH A HORSE, SO THAT HE WILL NOT LET A PERSON DRESSED IN A CERTAIN MANNER COME NIGH HIM.
14. 14TO TEACH YOUR HORSE, SO THAT HE WILL LET NO ONE BUT YOURSELF COME NEAR HIM.
15. 15TO PREVENT A HORSE FROM PULLING UPON HIS BRIDLE-REINS, IN ORDER TO BREAK THEM.
16. 16THE MEXICAN MODE OF PREVENTING A HORSE FROM BREAKING HIS BRIDLE.
17. 17HOW TO MANAGE A HORSE THAT GETS THE STUDS, OR ONE THAT STOPS AND WILL NOT ADVANCE A STEP WHEN YOU PUT HIM TO A PLOUGH, c.
18. 18HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO LIE DOWN AT THE WORD OF COMMAND.

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