To teach a horse to bear an umbrella

To teach a horse to bear an umbrella

To teach a horse to bear an umbrella, go through the same cautious forms, let him see it, and smell it, open it by degrees gain your point inch by inch, passing it always from his eyes to his neck, and from his neck to his back and tail; and so with a riding-habit, in half an hour any horse may be taught that it will not hurt him, and then the difficulty is over.

Fonte: Tamming Horses