- Cowboy
Cowboy - Two children riding ponies on the beach
Two children riding ponies on the beach - Horse and cart with dog driver
Horse and cart with dog driver - Sheridan's Horse
- Horse staying by his owner
Horse staying by his owner - Child looking after horse
Child looking after horse - The two wise cart-horses
Cart-horses, though heavy-looking animals, are more sagacious that their more gracefully formed relatives. A cart-horse had been driven from a farmyard to the neighbouring brook early one morning during winter to drink. The water was frozen over, and the horse stamped away with his fore-feet, but was unable to break the ice. Finding this, he waited till a companion came down, when the two, standing side by side, and causing their hoofs to descend together, broke through the ice, and were thus enabled to obtain the water they required. - Feeding Time
Feeding Time - Prancing Horse
Prancing Horse - Horse with feedbag
Horse with feedbag - Man riding horse
Man riding horse - Rodeo Rider
Rodeo Rider - Horse and Foal
Horse and Foal - Archaic Horses and Chariots
Archaic Horses and Chariots (from an archaic Greek Vase) - Brown horse and foal
Brown horse and foal - Horse and sheep show
Horse and sheep show - Horse legs
Horse legs - Galloping Horse
Galloping Horse - Soldier on horse
Soldier on horse - Trotting across a field
Trotting across a field - Going through the gate
Going through the gate - Horse drinking
Horse drinking - Feeding the horse
- Speckled horse
Speckled horse - Comfort
- Horses Drinking
Horses Drinking - The Horse lying down
The Horse lying down - Horses in stall
Horses in stall - Horse
Horse - Bringing the horse to his knees
Bringing the horse to his knees - Horse in stall
Horse in stall - horse
- Horse Head
Horse Head - Bucking Horse
Bucking Horse - Horse
Horse - Horse affection
Horse affection - A Chicago Hussar
- The Horse
- Horses running in snow
Horses running in snow - Horse cantering
Horse cantering - Horse in stall
Horse in stall - Cadburyès Cocoa
- Frightened Horse
Frightened Horse - Black Horse
Black Horse - The application of both straps
The application of both straps - Teaching the horse to back
Put the cord upon the horse, using the small loop; draw it with a steady pull; this brings the horse’s nose toward his body. Keep a firm hold upon the cord until he steps back a little, using at the same time the word “back.” Then caress him; by doing so you show him that he has done exactly as you wished him to, and the caresses should be repeated every time he obeys. - The short and the long straps
Horses may be taught many amusing tricks, some of which are really wonderful. For teaching horses tricks the implements known as the Rarey straps are requisite, to teach the animal to lie down, etc. The piebald or spotted horses are generally supposed by trainers to be more tractable as well as to possess more talent than others. - The short strap in use
A common breaching strap is used to strap up the foot. For using, open the loop, keeping the buckle on the outside, put the loop over foot, then raise foot and pass the strap around the fore-arm from the inside, and buckle it tight; this holds the foot up firmly. - Bucked off
Bucked off - Coach
- Brown Horse
Brown Horse - Racing
- 'Whoa'
The word “whoa” should be used only to stop a horse when he is in motion. Never use it when you approach a horse standing quietly. Horses soon learn to distinguish any word often addressed to them, and they should learn to associate it with some definite and exact duty which you wish them to perform. If any word of command is used indiscriminately, or out of its proper place, the animal becomes confused and loses the association between the word and the object desired. To teach a horse the meaning of the word “whoa,” the arrangement shown in the accompanying illustration may be used. Put the large web, previously described, around his near fore foot, pass it under the girth; and as the animal walks along, pull up the foot, saying at the same instant, “Whoa.” He will be brought to a stop, and by repeating the lesson he will soon raise the foot and stop even though the web is not pulled upon - Breaking horse for the 'Circle'
The common horses ridden by circus performers require some training before they are available in the “circle,” though it is slight compared with the instructions of the “trick” horses. The main thing is to break them to trot evenly and steadily around the ring. - Preparing to lie down
Preparing to lie down - Mail Coaches Racing - Something Wrong with the Opposition Coach
- Tandem
- Teaching the horse to lie down
The long strap is the one which buckles around the foot. To a ring in this is buckled another strap seven or eight feet long. This is attached to the right foot and passes under the girth, or over the back. Its use is to raise the foot when you wish to bring the horse upon his knees. - An Equestrian Epicure
An amusing scene often enacted in the ring is to have a horse 48seated on his haunches before a table, while the clown obsequiously serves him. A bell is attached to the table, so arranged that the horse can ring it by pulling at a bit of rag, and as the horse is almost continually ringing the bell, and the clown makes apparently frantic efforts to answer this summons each time, while bringing in plates, etc., a vast amount of laughter is usually created. - The Stage Coach - Old Times