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100 1 _aPowell, Willis J.
245 1 0 _aTachyhippodamia; Or, The new secret of taming horses :
_bTo which is added The breaking, training, and taming horses
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2016-05-18
508 _aProduced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ((This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt.))
520 _a"Tachyhippodamia; Or, The New Secret of Taming Horses" by Willis J. Powell is a practical guide on horse taming and training written in the late 19th century. This work provides detailed techniques on how to break and ride colts, tame vicious horses, and transform them into gentle, manageable animals suitable for various tasks. It combines personal anecdotes with practical advice, offering insights into the author's experiences in the field. The opening portion of the text introduces the author’s unique methods of breaking horses, derived from his extensive experience working with wild horses in Mexico and the southern United States. Powell describes the journey of discovering a secret technique that allows him to gentler horses in a matter of hours, emphasizing the importance of gentleness, patience, and building trust between the handler and the horse. He outlines his early experiments, shared his observations on horse behavior, and explains the role of fear and confidence in taming them. Throughout the introduction, he reflects on the cultural context of his work and his desire to share his insights with his fellow countrymen. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHorses -- Training
700 1 _aRarey, J. S.
_q(John Solomon),
_d1827-1866
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52098
999 _c92932
_d92932