In this chapter I change the arrangement of the original work

<h2>In this chapter I change the arrangement of the original work</h2><br>
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<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">In</span> this chapter I change the arrangement of the original work, and unite
two sections which Mr. Rarey has divided, either because when he wrote
them he was not aware of the importance of what is really the cardinal
point, the mainstay, the foundation of his system, or because he wished
to conceal it from the uninitiated. The Rarey system substitutes for
severe longeing, for whipping and spurring, blinkers, physic, starving,
the twitch, tying the tail down, sewing the ears together, putting shot
in the ears, and all the cruelties hitherto resorted to for subduing
high-spirited and vicious animals (and very often the high-spirited
become, from injudicious treatment, the most vicious), a method of
laying a horse down, tying up his limbs, and gagging, if necessary, his
mouth, which makes him soon feel that man is his superior, and yet
neither excites his terror or his hatred.</p>

<p>These two sections are to be found at pp. 48 and 51 and at pp. 59 and
60, <i>orig. edit.</i>, under the titles of How to drive a Horse that is
very wild, and has any vicious Habits, and How to make a Horse lie
down. It is essential to unite these sections, because, if you put a
well-bred horse in harness with his leg up, without first putting him
down, it is ten to one but that he throws himself down violently, breaks
the shafts of the vehicle, and his own knees.</p>


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