HALTERING HORSE 



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the halter may not squeeze the horse's jaws together (see 

 Fig. 20). 



The rope employed should be soft, and not too thick ; 

 so as to allow the knots to be made with facility. 



The reader will observe that this halter which I have de- 

 vised is only an improvised adaptation, which need not take 

 half a minute to make, of the ordinary halter. I have no 



Fig. 19. Kope nailer, ready to put on 



doubt that others, prompted by necessity, like myself, 

 have hit on this rough-and-ready method ; although I 

 have never seen anyone else make a halter in quite the 

 same manner as I have described. 



HALTERING A LOOSE HORSE. 



Let us suppose that the animal is in some suitable en- 

 closure, such as a yard, loose box, or small paddock ; for 

 it is almost needless to say, that if he were at liberty in the 



