Author : Samuel P. Stickney
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267622139
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (221 download)
Book Synopsis Thirty Years With the Horse (Classic Reprint) by : Samuel P. Stickney
Download or read book Thirty Years With the Horse (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel P. Stickney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty Years With the Horse The following instance may serve as a guide for taming all obstinate or vicious horses. It shows the superiority of moral suasion over cruel, brute force. A gentleman having bought an apparently untameable but splendid horse and declared his resolve to conquer or die, led him from his stable in the presence of an excited crowd, put a saddle on him, buckled it with uncommon tightness, and after trying the stirrups, to see that all was sound and right, with a single bound was in his saddle. Now commenced a scene of rearing, and springing, and pitching unlike anything ever before witnessed. In retaliation, the rider commenced using the cow-hide freely over the rump, about the sides and legs of the animal, and at length over his head, eyes, ears and mouth. It was evidently a battle between two equally determined, but unequally powerful opponents - a trial of animal strength - an exhibition of dexterity - ou the part of the animal, to throw off the disagreeable load; on the part of the disagreeable load - the man - to conquer, to subdue, to main tain his position. But the horse, being the stouter of the two, was the victor, and would have thrown his load a rod at least from his back, but for the rider's foot having caught in the stir rup; and in that plight, the horse would soon have kicked his brains out, if he had any, but for the interference and assistance of the by-standers, who soon liberated the prisoner from his critical position. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
