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THE REAL HORSE WHISPERERS
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33% of the publishers profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
Well over 150 years before Robert Redford directed and starred in The Horse Whisperer, inspired by Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt and Buck Brannaman, Willis J. Powell was whispering to horses and training them much in the way the fictitious character Tom Booker did in the 1985 film. Indeed this volume was first issued in 1848, a hundred and thirty-seven years before the famous movie. By then Powell had been in business for over 30 years.
In this volume Powell and Rarey tell HOW TO BREAK AND RIDE COLTS; HOW TO TAME THE MOST VICIOUS HORSES AND GENTLE THEM TO ALL KINDS OF VEHICLES OR WORK; HOW TO BREAK THEM OF KICKING OR ANY OTHER BAD TRICKS; HOW TO TEACH THEM TRICKS OR ACTIONS; etc., etc. This volume also has NUMEROUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR DISEASES OF HORSES.
As such, we recommend this book to anyone wanting to start a career in Horse Whispering. We also recommend it to young people who are just breaking into equine activities for either pleasure or sport, if only to give a valuable understanding of the nature of the equine breeds.
In this volume Powell recounts how he read of a man who had lived a century earlier who had a secret method of taming horses and he resolved to discover the method for himself. Powell commenced his career as a horse whisperer shortly after 1811 and was so successful he was invited to Mexico to train and tame wild and troublesome horses. Thereafter Powell lived in Mexico for about 12 years, and then travelled to Cuba, Guatemala and California taming horses and apparently making a good living doing so.
Table of Contents for THE REAL HORSE WHISPERERS
| OBSERVATIONS UPON HORSES IN GENERAL: AND WHAT LED ME TO THE DISCOVERY OF BREAKING THEM IN A SHORT TIME |
| THE SECRET |
| REFRACTORY HORSES GENTLED FOR A LONG TIME IN THE COMMON WAY |
| A SKITTISH HORSE |
| A HORSE THAT WILL NOT SUFFER HIS EARS TO BE TOUCHED |
| TO BREAK A HORSE OF KICKING |
| HOW TO MANAGE A HORSE THAT KICKS UP, SO AS TO BREAK HIM OF THAT VICIOUS HABIT |
| TO HANDLE A HORSES FEET THAT IS APT TO KICK |
| TO TEACH A HORSE, SO THAT HE WILL NOT LET A PERSON DRESSED IN A CERTAIN MANNER COME NIGH HIM |
| TO TEACH YOUR HORSE, SO THAT HE WILL LET NO ONE BUT YOURSELF COME NEAR HIM |
| TO PREVENT A HORSE FROM PULLING UPON HIS BRIDLE-REINS, IN ORDER TO BREAK THEM |
| THE MEXICAN MODE OF PREVENTING A HORSE FROM BREAKING HIS BRIDLE |
| HOW TO MANAGE A HORSE THAT GETS THE STUDS, OR ONE THAT STOPS AND WILL NOT ADVANCE A STEP WHEN YOU PUT HIM TO A PLOUGH, &C. |
| HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO LIE DOWN AT THE WORD OF COMMAND |
| HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO COUNT ANY NUMBER |
| EASY MODE OF FATTENING A HORSE IN A SHORT TIME |
| A REMEDY FOR A HORSE THAT WILL NOT FATTEN, THOUGH WELL FED TO PREVENT A HORSES BACK FROM GETTING SORE, EVEN ON A LONG JOURNEY |
| HOW TO TREAT A HORSE UPON A JOURNEY |
| A HORSE THAT IS APT TO STUMBLE THROUGH CARELESSNESS |
| HOW TO BREAK A MULE BY THE SECRET: AND THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS TO BE OBSERVED BETWEEN A MULE AND A HORSE |
| HOW THALES, ONE OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN OF GREECE, CORRECTED A MULE OF THE HABIT OF LYING DOWN EVERY TIME IT PASSED A CERTAIN RIVER |
| HOW TO MAKE A DULL HORSE APPEAR METTLESOME AND FULL OF FIRE FOR A SHORT TIME |
| THAT PART, OR THOSE PARTS OF THE MEXICAN STATES IN WHICH THE BEST RACE OF HORSES IS TO BE FOUND, AND SOME OF THEIR QUALITIES |
| CAUTION TO BE OBSERVED, IN CUTTING OR PARING THE HOOFS OF YOUR HORSES IN THIS COUNTRY, WHERE HORSES GENERALLY GO UNSHOD |
| CAUTION TO THOSE WHO RAISE HORSES OR MULES |
| TO ACCUSTOM A HORSE TO STAY IN A PLACE |
| TO MAKE A GENTLE HORSE, NOT USED TO A CARRIAGE, GO IN IT |
| A HORSE THAT STOPS, AND REFUSES TO GO, WHEN IN A CARRIAGE |
| A MODE OF BREAKING WILD HORSES, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT DISCOVERED BY ME |
| ANOTHER MODE OF BREAKING A HORSE FOR A FEW HOURS ADVICE TO FARMERS, CONCERNING THE GENTLING OF YOUNG COWS |
| THE ASTONISHING MANNER IN WHICH I TAMED OR GENTLED A WILD DEER |
| A REMEDY FOR AN OX THAT LIES DOWN, AND WONT GET UP |
| A CURIOUS METHOD OF TEACHING TURKIES TO DANCE AT THE SOUND OF THE TRIANGLE OR ANY OTHER MUSICAL INSTRUMENT |
| REMEDY FOR THE GRIPES, OR COLIC |
| CONCERNING THE BOTS |
| THE BLIND STAGGERS |
| TAMING OF WILD HORSES |
| THE THREE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF MY THEORY |
| HOW TO SUCCEED IN GETTING THE COLT FROM PASTURE |
| HOW TO STABLE A COLT WITHOUT TROUBLE |
| TIME TO REFLECT |
| THE KIND OF HALTER |
| REMARKS ON THE HORSE |
| EXPERIMENT WITH THE ROBE |
| SUGGESTIONS ON THE HABIT OF SMELLING |
| PREVAILING OPINION OF HORSEMEN |
| POWELS SYSTEM OF APPROACHING THE COLT |
| REMARKS ON POWELS TREATMENT.HOW TO GOVERN HORSES OF ANY KIND |
| HOW TO PROCEED IF YOUR HORSE BE OF A STUBBORN DISPOSITION |
| HOW TO HALTER AND LEAD A COLT |
| HOW TO LEAD A COLT BY THE SIDE OF A BROKEN HORSE |
| HOW TO LEAD A COLT INTO THE STABLE AND HITCH HIM WITHOUT HAVING HIM PULL ON THE HALTER |
| THE KIND OF BIT, AND HOW TO ACCUSTOM A HORSE TO IT |
| HOW TO SADDLE A COLT |
| HOW TO MOUNT THE COLT |
| HOW TO RIDE THE COLT |
| THE PROPER WAY TO BIT A COLT |
| HOW TO DRIVE A HORSE THAT IS VERY WILD AND HAS ANY VICIOUS HABITS |
| ON BALKING |
| TO BREAK A HORSE TO HARNESS |
| HOW TO HITCH A HORSE IN A SULKY |
| HOW TO MAKE A HORSE LIE DOWN |
| HOW TO MAKE A HORSE FOLLOW YOU |
| HOW TO MAKE A HORSE STAND WITHOUT HOLDING |
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