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METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. 



our victory. If the horse appears likely to fall on his near 

 side, the assistant who holds the tail rope should pull him 

 over on to his off side ; for, if he were to fall on the near 



side, he would be in 

 the awkward position of 

 having his neck doubled 

 under him. Although this 

 position looks dangerous 

 to the horse which gets 

 into it, I have never seen, 

 in many scores of cases, 

 any injury result from it. 

 The horse may now be 

 kept, say ten minutes, 

 on the ground with his 

 head pulled round to his 

 side (see Fig. 75), and 

 "gentled." When "gent- 

 ling " the horse on the 

 ground, the breaker should 

 remain at his back (as I 

 have already mentioned), 

 so as to keep out of reach 

 of his heels. 



Having carefully at- 

 tached a rope-noose to 

 the off hind pastern, the 

 breaker may pull that hind 

 f , limb towards himself and 



Fig. 70. Hobble improvised with stirrup- & 



leather and iron. 



The " gentling " is per- 

 formed by passing the 



hand over the various parts of the body, gently rubbing, 

 kneading or bending them as may be required to make the 



