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METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. 



a tap or two on the muzzle. The larger the enclosure, the 

 less inclined will a horse be to " savage " anyone approach- 

 ing him. In extreme cases, a blow on the forehead might 

 be necessary. I may mention that the brain is covered 

 at the forehead by only a thin plate of bone. Mr. O. S. 

 Pratt, the American " horse-tamer," gives in his book a 



Fig. 22. Haltering loose horse. 



method for haltering a loose horse by putting the crown- 

 piece of the halter on the end of a pole (see Fig. 25). In 

 applying this, the horse is very apt to shy away from the 

 halter, which has to be put on from the front. I have 

 found from experience that the manner of haltering 

 which I have described, and which was shewn to me by 

 Mr. G. A. Banham, F.R.C.V.S., is much better than 

 Pratt's plan. 



