Chapter I: Front Matter

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

RIDING: ON THE FLAT AND ACROSS COUNTRY.

A Guide to Practical Horsemanship. Third Edition. Illustrated by STURGESS. Square 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._

_The Standard._--“A master of his subject.”

VETERINARY NOTES FOR HORSE OWNERS.

A Popular Manual of Veterinary Surgery and Medicine. Fourth Edition. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._

_The Field._--“Of the many popular veterinary books which have come under our notice, this is certainly one of the most scientific and reliable.”

TRAINING AND HORSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA.

Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._

_The Veterinary Journal._--“No better guide could be placed in the hands of either amateur horseman or veterinary surgeon.”

SOUNDNESS AND AGE OF HORSES. Over 100 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 8_s._ 6_d._

_The Field._--“Is evidently the result of much careful research, and the horseman, as well as the veterinarian, will find in it much that is interesting and instructive.”

INDIAN RACING REMINISCENCES. Illustrated by I. KNOX FERGUSSON. Crown. 8vo. 8_s._ 6_d._

_The Field._--“The last page comes all too soon.”

THE STUDENT’S MANUAL OF TACTICS. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

_The Times._--“Captain Hayes’s book deals exclusively with tactics, and is a well-considered treatise on that branch of the art of war, giving not merely rules, but, also, principles and reason.”

ILLUSTRATED
HORSE BREAKING.

ILLUSTRATED
HORSE BREAKING.

BY

CAPT. M. HORACE HAYES,

LATE OF ‘THE BUFFS.’

AUTHOR OF “RIDING: ON THE FLAT AND ACROSS COUNTRY;”
“VETERINARY NOTES FOR HORSE OWNERS;”
“RACING REMINISCENCES IN INDIA;”
“TRAINING AND HORSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA,” ETC.

Fifty-two Illustrations by
J. H. OSWALD BROWN.

LONDON:
W. THACKER & CO., 87, NEWGATE STREET.
CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO.
BOMBAY: THACKER & CO. LIMITED

1889.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--THEORY OF HORSE-BREAKING 1

II.--PRINCIPLES OF MOUTHING 41

III.--HORSE-CONTROL 77

IV.--RENDERING HORSES DOCILE 147

V.--GIVING HORSES GOOD MOUTHS 166

VI.--TEACHING HORSES TO JUMP 188

VII.--MOUNTING HORSES FOR THE FIRST TIME 197

VIII.--BREAKING HORSES FOR LADIES’ RIDING 209

IX.--BREAKING HORSES TO HARNESS 212

X.--FAULTS OF MOUTH 216

XI.--NERVOUSNESS AND IMPATIENCE OF CONTROL 222

XII.--JIBBING IN SADDLE 227

XIII.--JUMPING FAULTS 230

XIV.--VICES IN HARNESS 233

XV.--AGGRESSIVENESS 242

XVI.--RIDING AND DRIVING THE NEWLY-BROKEN HORSE 247

XVII.--STABLE VICES 251

XVIII.--TEACHING THE HORSE TRICKS 259

XIX.--TESTING A HORSE’S MANNERS, MOUTH, AND TEMPER 271

XX.--ON IMPROVISED GEAR 272