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off rein is held by the other hand to keep the teeth off the operator. 
As soon as this loop is firmly drawn round the leg, the other end 
MR. RAREY’S STRAP. No. 2. 
is slipped through the surcingle under the belly, and entire control of 
the horse is only a work of time. The arrangement of these straps is 
well shown in the engraving, where Cruiser is sketched ready for the final 
CRUISER IN THE POWER OF HIS MASTER. 
struggle. Up to this time, almost every horse will be tolerably quiet and 
unresisting, some squealing when any approach is made to their elbows to 
tighten the surcingle, and others when the strap No. 2 is slipped through 
it. Few, however, plunge much ; and if they are made to hop on three 
legs, they are able to go on for so long a time, without producing the 
necessary amount of fatigue, that the operator would be tired before his 
