"When you have a horse that will not stand to be shod in a black- 

 smith shop, take a strap about four feet long, make a ring in one end 

 of it, put the strap in his mouth, having the ring at the top of his 

 head. Pass the other end of the strap through the ring and draw 

 down tight and tie. Then use in combination my method of hand- 

 ling a horse's foot. Rope, wooden pin and strap as seen in engrav- 

 ing elsewhere in this book. By this means you have complete con- 

 trol of your horse. Always be gentle with your horse, but be firm 

 and teach him that you must have your way. 



Perfect Heads of Draft Horses, Kind and Good Workers. 



Question. How do you work your bit, and is it patented ? 



Ans2ver, My bit is a straight bar bit with check pieces, with slot-a 

 in lower ring and a small ring for curb strap. When the bit is buck- 

 led to the bridle the cheek piece of the bit buckles into the big 

 rings right in front of curb strap rings. For driving an ordinary 

 horse the reins are buckled into the big rings. If you have a horse 

 that is liable to run away, kick, shy or is hard to control, buckle the 

 \ines from the big ring and buckle them down in the slot of the 



