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The above engraving illustrates the manner of branding a horse, 

 showing where the brand should be placed, and which should be 

 regulated by a law of the United States. Parties owning ranches 

 where branding is necessary, should brand the horse on the left hind 

 foot, and that brand should be registered. I recommend that the 

 United States Government adopt this method in branding its horses. 



Question. How would you handle a wild mustang ? 



A?tswe?\ In handling a wild mustang or any wild vicious horse, 

 many times they are so dangerous that it is impossible to approach 

 them with safety. I will lay down a rule to handle a wild and vicious 

 mustang or western bronco. Take a half-inch rope fifty feet long, 

 make a slip noose in one end of it, lay this on the ground, making a 

 large loop about three and one-half feet across it, then lead the 

 bronco into it, his front feet standing in the loop, as seen in the 

 above engraving. The moment that he gets into the rope pull 

 the rope, which will bring his two front limbs together ; you 

 pull to the left and the man that has hold of the bronco or 

 mustang pull to the right ; you will at once bring him to his 

 back, as seen in the following engraving. Now you can take the 

 mustang and put on my double safety strap and the driving bridle 

 and handle him the same as I have laid down for handling any 



