ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. PAGE 



I. HORSE BENDING HIS NECK TO THE REIN WITHOUT SWING- 

 ING ROUND HIS HIND-QUARTERS AT THE SAME TIME, IN 

 ANSWER TO THE PULL . . . . .'..'-. 58 

 2. SHEWS HORSE HAVING ANSWERED THE PULL OF OFF REIN 

 AS HE SHOULD, AND CONSEQUENTLY COMING STRAIGHT 

 AT HIS FENCE 6l 



3- THE PROPER LENGTH FOR A STANDING MARTINGALE . . 70 



4. FIRST LOOP IN FORMING A HALTER . . . 79 



5. SECOND STEP IN FORMING A ROPE HALTER. ... 79 



6. ROPE-HALTER ON POLE, READY FOR USE .... 82 



7. HALTING vicious HORSE WITH ROPE-HALTER ON POLE . 83 



8. PRATT'S METHOD OF HALTERING 87 



9- NOOSING A FORE-LEG . . . . . . . .90 



10. PULLING UP A FORE-LEG WHEN NOOSED . . . .91 



ii. PICKING UP A FORE-LEG 95 



12. HOW TO HOLD UP A FORE-LEG 97 



13. RAREY'S LEG-STRAP 100 



14. TYING UP FORE-LEG WITH STIRRUP LEATHER . . . 101 



15. THE BEST METHOD OF FASTENING UP A FORE-LEG . . 103 



l6. A STIRRUP LEATHER AS USED FOR HOLDING UP A FORE-LEG Io6 



17. THE HALTER-TWITCH IQQ 



l8. DO. DO 1 10 



19. PRATT'S ROPE-TWITCH, FIRST PORTION 114 



20. PRATT'S TWITCH COMPLETED . . . . . .115 



21. PRATT'S TWITCH ON HORSE'S HEAD, AND TIGHTENED AT 



WORD "STEADY" . .116 



22. HEAD-STALL TWITCH ON HORSE 117 



23. THE BRIDLE-TWITCH, FRONT AND NEAR-SIDE VIEW . .119 

 24. THE BRIDLE-TWITCH, OFF-SIDE VIEW I2O 



