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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.

Easily Understood

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.

Training "Green" Colts

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.

Overcoming Habits

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"