368 TRICK HORSES. 



becomes muddled, and he is unfitted for retain- 

 ing your instruction. 



To make your horse stand on three legs : 

 take a pin, and place it in the end of your whip- 

 stock, and with the point prick him slightly on 

 the leg, in front, just below the fetlock joint, but 

 not hard enough to make him kick ; repeat this 

 several times accompanied by the words, " hold 

 up your foot!" continuing to repeat the punish- 

 ment and words until he will obey the commad 

 without punishment. 



HOW TO MAKE A HORSE WALTZ. 



Tie his head to his side by means of a sur- 

 cingle and cord, fastening the cord at the side, 

 reaching from the mouth; touch him lightly 

 with the whip. He has to go, and, of course, he 

 must go around and around. He soon learns 

 perfectly to waltz by the motion of the whip, 

 the teacher still repeating the word " waltz." 



