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HOW TO JUDGE A HORSE. 



again, using tlie words : " Get up.'' Kepeat three 

 or four times in one lesson, and give two lessons a 

 day. After four lessons, the horse will surely lie 

 down without these resources, by simply lifting up 

 one leg and touching the other at the knee, with 

 a whip. 



Fig. 20a. 

 25— THROWING A HORSE, (ROCKWELL). 



The easiest and most effectual method of throwing 

 a horse, is to strap up the near fore foot, put 

 on a surringle with a ring fastened to the top of it ; 

 tie a half-inch rope around his neck in the same 

 manner you would hitch him by the neck ; place it 



