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astonishing that no more accidents happen. It is 

 the utmost cruelty to the poor animal, to force his 

 head by means of the reins into a position, which 

 nature or a tight throatlash renders impossible to 

 assume. Many of those artists, calling themselves 

 saddle-horse trainers are in blissful ignorance of 

 this fact. They kick and jerk the horse in all 

 directions without the coveted result, — that is, secur- 

 ing the nose and thereby the lightness in hand. 



In almost every private stable we can see a horse 

 in a boxstall with a bitting rig on, and the poor 

 creature vainly torturing itself, tryiiig to put its 

 neck, under the circumstances, in an impossible 

 position. This speaks volumes of the utter ignorance 

 of many of those in charge of horses. They should 

 tie out the horse, first only lightly on one side, 

 buckling the other rein just so much looser for 

 the purpose of keeping the neck straight, thereby 

 giving the horse a chance to flex this side gradually 

 and, then, after fifteen minutes change sides. 

 One hour's exercise at a time is sufficient. 

 Continue this until the glands, which come out 

 strong, disappear gradually under the jaw. In this 

 manner, the horse would, after a time, be able to 

 flex both jaws together ; but we generally see both 

 reins tied as short as possible from beginning, no 

 matter what agonies the horse suffers. If, under 



