A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses / With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid

The manual lays out a practical system for making vicious or fearful horses tractable, centering on three principles: that any horse can be taught docility, that it should be handled and restrained so as to feel subordinate to humans, and that exposure to feared sights and smells is necessary. It gives step-by-step techniques for approaching, haltering, strapping and laying a horse down, bitting, saddling, mounting and riding, with diagrams of restraint straps and bits. Additional chapters cover riding instruction for cautious learners, tack and bit selection, hunting practices and terminology, historical anecdotes and regional taming methods, and notes on wild ponies and exhibitions.