152 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



Throwing the Horse with the strait-jacket. 

 If we want to produce a stronger, or different 

 effect, we may make the horse lie down by 

 means of the strait-jacket. To do this, one 

 assistant should stand at his head, another should 

 hold a rope attached to his tail, so that he may 

 not throw himself forward on to his mouth ; while 

 an assistant at each of the traces should pull them 

 tight, and thus bring him down. As soon as he 

 is on the ground, he should be gentled and handled, 

 all over, for a few minutes. The process may be 

 repeated, or lengthened, as may be required. If, 

 say, the off-trace be tightened up and buckled, 

 the aid of the assistant, who would otherwise have 

 held this trace, may be dispensed with. This 

 method of throwing the horse is the gentlest in 

 its action of any I have ever seen. If the 

 appliances and help be at hand, and the breaker 

 be not pressed for time, I would recommend that 

 this method of throwing should be always used, 

 as a preliminary to that of making a horse lie 



