86 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



horse, however vicious he may be, of " charging 

 home " on the operator, if the man keeps the 

 pole across the animal's face, ready, if need be, 

 to give him a tap or two on the muzzle. The 

 larger the enclosure, the less will a horse attempt 

 to "savage" any one approaching him. In extreme 

 cases, a blow on the forehead might be necessary. 

 I may mention that the brain is covered at the 

 forehead, by only a thin plate of bone. Mr. O. S. 

 Pratt, the American " horse-tamer," gives, in his 

 book, a method for haltering a loose horse, by 

 putting the crown-piece of the halter on the end 

 of the pole (see Fig. 8). In applying this, the 

 horse is very apt to shy away from the halter, 

 which has to be put on from the front. The 

 manner of haltering which I have described, and 

 which was shewn to me by Mr. Banham, 

 F.R.C.V.S., appears to be much better than 

 Pratt's plan. 



Making a loose Horse stand still. If timidity 



