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under the lower jaw ; thus bringing the halter into its 

 proper place (see Fig. 23). Nothing now remains except to 

 withdraw the pole, on doing which, the operation will be 

 complete (see Fig. 24). Care should be taken not to bring 

 the pole under the lower jaw before the nose-band is in 

 front of the ears ; for, if it remains behind them when the 

 end of the stick is brought down, the horse will be lassoed, 

 not haltered. The precautions necessary to be taken in 



Fig. 21. Rope halter, put on pole to halter horse. 



haltering the horse will depend on the amount of his vice, 

 or timidity. A horse can be thus caught best when he is 

 standing in the corner of a wall which is too high for him to 

 look over. In a circular enclosure, the animal will be 

 able, by turning round, to defeat the intentions of his 

 would-be captor much more easily than he could in a 

 rectangular one. In a roped-in arena, the horse can get 

 his head away from the halter easier than he could do when 

 close to a wall. There is no fear of a horse, however vicious 

 he may be, attacking the operator, if the man keeps the 

 pole across the animal's face, ready, if need be, to give him 



