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Should it not be possible in this way to get the 

 colt into the stable, lead it around in all directions, 

 stopping occasionally at the door, and it will not 

 take ten minutes before it will enter. Never try to 

 pull a young horse into the stable by force, as it 

 would learn to regard the stable as a dangerous 

 place. 



9— TO TIE THE YOUNG HORSE, WITHOUT ITS PULLING 

 AT THE HALTER. 



The young horse should be fastened in a stall, 

 rather wide, but not too long, so that, on account of 

 a movable crossbeam, fastened at a short distance 

 behind the colt, it is not able to step back enough 

 to tug at the halter in a straight direction backward. 

 If the animal is then tied in the middle of the stall, 

 the halter will prevent its turning far to the right or 

 left, and, compelled to stand quiet, it will, even if 

 tied by a light strap, never try to break it. 



Rockwell's method to cure horses from pulling at 

 the halter, is first, to place a common halter on him ; 

 then put on a common girth. Take a half-inch rope, 

 about twenty feet long, pass the centre of this rope 

 under the tail in place of a crouper, twist the rope 

 over a couple of times, pass the ends of the rope 

 under the girth, bringing one end up on each side of 

 the neck and pass the ends under the girth and 



