BREAKING YOUNG HORSES 211 



nose cannot reach further than about a foot in front of its 

 leader's hip. The length of rope allowed to the halter is 

 about a foot and a half, which gives sufficient freedom to 

 step over inequalities in rough ground, while it does not 

 allow the horse to drop behind the other's tail. Fastened 

 together like this the horses give the appearance of a living 

 chain, and can travel over the roughest moorlands just as 

 well as over smooth roads, and are compelled to follow in 

 turn the footsteps of the leader. The man in charge rides 

 the horse in front, who should be the most unruly animal of 

 the team, while the quietest animal is placed last of all. 

 Horses hardly ever try to kick in side-lines, and are, as a 

 rule, very quiet. 



