248 EDUCATING THE HORSE. 



HUGGING THE POLE. 



This is a great annoyance to the other horse, 

 and he will probably learn to do the same thing, 

 not from imitation, but from leaning inwards, so 

 as to enable him to stand against the other horse, 

 leaning upon him. This habit may be broken 

 up by securing a piece of sole leather to the pole 

 upon the side where the animal leans, having a 

 number of tacks driven through it in such a 

 manner as to protrude from the leather towards 

 the horse. 



LUGGERS ON THE BIT 



Buckle a pair of straps, about twelve inches 

 long, with a ring at one end, and a buckle at the 

 other, to the check-piece, and let the straps pass 

 through the rings on either side of the bit ; buckle 

 the lines to the rings on these straps, instead of 

 the rings on the bit ; this forms a gag similar to 

 the French twitch-gag, and is a powerful means 

 of controlling the mouth of a hard-pulling horse. 



