THE ARABIAN ART

OF

TAMING AND TRAINING

WILD & VICIOUS HORSES.


BY


T. GILBERT, BRO. RAMSEY & CO.


PRINTED AND SOLD FOR THE PUBLISHER BY
HENRY WATKINS
PRINTER, 225 & 227 WEST FIFTH STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO
1856.




INTRODUCTION.

The first domestication of the horse, one of the greatest achievements of
man in the animal kingdom, was not the work of a day; but like all other
great accomplishments, was brought about by a gradual process of
discoveries and experiments. He first subdued the more subordinate
animals, on account of their being easily caught and tamed, and used for