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pulling the rope, so as to make the horse connect in his 

 mind the idea of having to come up to us with the verbal 

 command. The crupper leading-rein can be readily made 

 by taking a long rope, doubling it, making a loop in the 

 middle by knotting it, and passing the loop under the 

 horse's tail, and the ends of the rope through the halter, 

 or rings of the snaffle. To prevent this slipping over the 

 tail when it gets slack, we may put a knot in it, in front of 

 the rings of the snaffle, or of that part of the headstall 



Fig. 96. A crupper leading-rein. 



(see Fig. 97) through which it has been passed. Or we 

 may employ the Comanche bridle (see page 126), which I 

 think is the best means for teaching a difficult horse to 

 lead. I have also found the use of the rope halter 

 (see Fig. 24) very effective ; for the pain which the 

 pressure of the rope round his jaws will cause him when 

 he hangs back, will be instantly relieved the moment 

 he goes forward. For making a horse merely come up 

 to one, I like Baucher's method, which is as follows : 

 Hold the reins in the left hand, as in Fig. 98, or the 

 crupper leading-rein, and continue to lightly touch the 



