horsebreaking

‘Why, Moran,’ says Mr. Knightley, still making believe to joke — and, by George! if he could laugh then, he could sing a song with a bullet through him — ‘you’re getting bad-tempered since you used to be horsebreaking for Mr. Lowe.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

And now, while your horse is eating those few ears of corn, is the proper time to see that your halter is ready and all right, and to reflect on the best mode of operations; for, in the horsebreaking, it is highly important that you should be governed by some system.

The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses P. R. Kincaid

In the next passage the meaning of stop as applied to Recorders is punned on by Hippolyta, who carries on the play from Lysander's horsebreaking metaphor.

Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900

'Why, Moran,' says Mr. Knightley, still making believe to joke -- and, by George! if he could laugh then, he could sing a song with a bullet through him -- 'you're getting bad-tempered since you used to be horsebreaking for Mr. Lowe.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

This does not contain an argument on the merits of the different methods of horsebreaking; only thus much as regards Rarey's process is the turning point of the tale.

Parables From Nature 1857

The right method of breaking a colt needs no description at our hands. 35 As a matter of state organisation,36 cavalry duties usually devolve upon those who are not stinted in means, and who have a considerable share in the government; 37 and it seems far better for a young man to give heed to his own health of body and to horsemanship, or, if he already knows how to ride with skill, to practising manouvres, than that he should set up as a trainer of horses. 38 The older man has his town property and his friends, and the hundred-and-one concerns of state or of war, on which to employ his time and energies rather than on horsebreaking.

On Horsemanship 2007

44 Or, “In reference to horsebreaking, the above remarks will perhaps be found sufficient for the practical guidance of an amateur.”

On Horsemanship 2007