Prof. Jesse Beery was the world's greatest horse trainer and breaker of all time: He could train any horse -- horses that ran away -- horses that pulled too hard -- horses that were spooked too easily -- horses that refused to be shoed. Whatever the problem, Beery knew how to fix it.
After becoming extremely successful in horse training, Beery decided to set up a horse training school, School of Correspondence in Horsemanship, to teach others his simple training techniques. He taught a great number of horse owners all over the country through his well-known home-study, horse-training manual: Prof. Beery's Mail Course in Horsemanship, a total of 8 books, published in 1908.
Prof. Beery's Mail Course in Horsemanship covers in detail the entire subject of colt training and habit breaking. The methods given are not newfangled ideas or theories but tried plans guaranteed to work out successfully.
The instructions are written in plain, simple language that anyone, no matter how little education he may have, can easily understand. Plenty of illustrations are used so that after reading how to overcome a habit, like kicking for instance, you can see exactly how to go about it by referring to the illustration. What is true of kicking in this respect is also true of all other habits and colt training.
Complete instructions are given for training "green" colts (colts that have never been harnessed) so they will never have bad habits such as kicking, balking, etc. You are told at what age to begin a colt's training; how to teach it the commands "Get Up" and "Whoa" so that it will know and obey these commands no matter what might happen; how to hitch up a colt for the first time; how and when to begin hitching a colt double; in fact the subject of colt training is covered so thoroughly that you can, in a few hours, have a colt driving and working in the best possible manner.
You are told exactly how to overcome such habits as balking, kicking, shying, running away, frightening at automobiles, motorcycles, street and steam cars, etc.; how to make a horse stop pawing in the stable, breaking straps, rearing, plunging, etc.; in fact how to overcome all the habits listed below:
- Biting
- Shying
- Kicking
- Balking
- Striking
- Hard to shoe
- Tender bitted
- Bad to groom
- Tail switching
- Running away
- Bad to harness
- Breaking straps
- Jumping fences
- Afraid of robes
- Afraid of paper
- Refusing to lead
- Refusing to back
- Refusing to stand
- Lolling the tongue
- Pulling on the rein
- Afraid of umbrellas
- Lugging on the bit
- Pawing in the stable
- Crowding in the stall
- Afraid of automobiles
- Lunging and plunging
- Getting fast in the stall
- Refusing to halter or bridle
- Afraid of canvas top wagons
- Afraid of clothes on the line
- Afraid of the sound of a gun
- Afraid of the touch of shafts
- Afraid of the touch of harness
- Afraid of the playing of a band
- Afraid of street and steam cars
- Kicking at master or strangers
- Bad to hitch to buggy or wagon
- Pawing while hitched in the street
- Scaring at hogs or dogs along the road
- Afraid of the sight or sound of steam
- Afraid of the sudden falling of a board
- Refusing to hold back while going down hill
- Running away when halter or bridle is removed
- Afraid of the sound of the buggy or wagon wheels
- Other Features of This Course
Complete instructions, with charts, are given showing how to tell the age of a horse; how to teach a large number of tricks; how to read the disposition of any horse at sight; and so much more!
Contents Covered:
- Book 1: Colt Training
- Confidence Lesson
- Teaching "Get-up"
- Teaching "Whoa"
- Hitching up the Colt
- Poling the Colt
- How to keep Colt from Becoming Frightened
- Team Training
- To Make Easy to Ride
- Teaching to Back
- General Remarks
- Book 2: Disposition and Subjection
- How to Tell Type No. 1
- How to Tell Type No. 2
- How to Tell Type No. 3
- How to Tell Type No. 4
- How to Tell Combinations of Types
- How to Use the Pulley Breaking Bridle
- How to Throw a Horse on His Side
- How to Use Double Safety Rope
- How to Handle Horses of Different Types
- Book 3: Kicking and Balking
- How to Handle a No. 1 or No. 3 Type Kicker
- How to Handle a No. 2 or No. 4 Type Kicker
- How to Handle Kickers Belonging in a Combination of Types
- History of "Black Demon", the Vicious Stallion
- Supplementary Appliances for Kickers
- How to Handle Balkers of Different Types
- How to Handle Confirmed Balkers
- How to Handle Horses that Rear
- Book 4: Shying and Running Away
- Why Horses Shy
- Improper Use of the Whip
- How to Handle an Ordinary Shyer
- How to Handle a Confirmed Shyer
- Why Horses Run Away
- To Teach Command "Steady"
- Spinal Cord Pressure Bride
- How to Use the Single Foot Rope
- How to Handle a Confirmed Runaway
- Book 5: Bad to Shoe and Halter Pulling
- How to Handle a Colt's Feet so He will be Gentle to Shoe
- How to Handle a Horse that is Vicious to Shoe
- Modification of First Form War Bridle
- Modification of Second Form War Bridle
- Excelsior Bridle
- How to Handle a Halter Puller
- Final Test for a Halter Puller
- Bowline Knot
- Bronchos
- Snaring Process
- How to Throw a Lariat
- How to Hitch Bad Horses Single or Double
- Cribbing
- Book 6: Promiscuous Vices
- Tail Switching
- Afraid of Hogs, Dogs, etc
- Afraid of Umbrella and Robes
- Won't Stand Still
- Bad to Bridle
- How to Break Biters
- How to Lead a Horse
- Hard to Back
- Combination Bridle
- Lugging on the Bit
- Tongue Lolling
- Bad to Harness, Curry, Crupper, Clip, Ride, etc
- Book 7: Overcoming Special Fears
- How to Handle Horses Afraid of Automobiles
- How to Handle Horses Afraid of Street and Steam Cars
- How to Throw a Horse by Standing at the Side
- How to Get a Horse under Shafts
- Simple Riding Bridle
- The Hackamore Bridle
- "Old Kate's Confession"
- Book 8: Teaching Tricks
- How to Teach a Horse to Say "Yes" and "No"
- How to Teach a Horse to Gallop, Walk and Trot
- How to Teach a Horse to Appear Vicious
- How to Teach a Horse to Jump, Stand Erect, Fire a Gun and Find a Handkerchief
- How to Teach a Horse to Carry an Article in the Mouth, to Kiss, to Mount a Pedestal, to Teeter-totter
- How to Teach a Horse to Tell His Age, Add, Subtract, etc
- How to Teach a Horse to Lie Down, to Sit Up, to Drive without Bridle or Lines, to Imitate a Balky Horse and to Waltz
- History of "Cyclone", the Kicking Mule
- Prices to Charge
- "Queen's Autobiography"
| Format: | PDF Digital Reprint, e-Facsimile |
| No. of Pages: | 376 in total |
| Page Size: | B5 (176mm × 250mm) |
| Download Size: | 61.8 MB |
