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receive while being broken to harness. If the animal has 

 been previously broken to saddle, he will of course not mind 

 weight on his back. A third good point about the jingle 

 is that the door at the back of it is so arranged that, in the 

 event of any mishap or impending danger, the driver can 

 readily slip out behind, and leave the horse and jingle to 

 their fate ! 



An Irish outside car, owing to the facilities it offers for 

 getting on and off it, is far more convenient and much less 

 dangerous for breaking-in horses to harness than a gig or 

 dog-cart. 



When we take out on the road the recently " put-in " 

 horse, we should attempt to form his paces by getting him 

 to go in a thoroughly steady and well-balanced manner. 

 We should pay special attention to preventing him from 

 trotting at a speed faster than that at which he can go with 

 ease and precision ; and should keep him collected by 

 holding the reins at a fixed length, and by making him 

 go up to his bit by the voice or whip. Before using either 

 of these stimulants, a slight extra pull of the reins should 

 be taken, so that the horse may increase the tension on the 

 traces gradually, and not with a jerk by suddenly springing 

 forward. 



NOTE. If the young horse is hot-headed and inclined 

 to be abnormally flighty, I prefer to accustom it to all 

 manner of noisy movement behind, before attempting to 

 drive it, for if there should be a slight accident, and this 

 has not been done, the horse will probably bolt and break 

 the trap. 



To quieten the horse quickly and safely, I put on a 

 Comanche bridle, then the harness, after which I lead 

 it to the breaking enclosure and apply hobbles such as are 

 used commonly at stud farms. They are made up of two 

 ropes, one about 5^ feet long, the other about 7 feet long. 



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