172 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



leg ; especially, if the animal has been rendered 

 quiet in the manner described in Chapter III. 



Mouthing on foot. After making the horse 

 sufficiently steady to pay attention to the instruction 

 about to be given if this has not already been 

 done the breaker, while remaining on foot, should 

 take the reins in his hands, and, by gently " feeling 

 the mouth," "clucking" to him, and, at times, 

 cracking the whip, should get him to circle round 

 him, to the left, for instance. If the animal 

 resents the outward rein touching his quarters, the 

 driver should, at first, work with this rein on the 

 driving pad or cross-trees, as in Fig. 41, and then, 

 as the horse gradually learns to bear the pressure 

 without flinching, he should bring it down, as in Fig. 

 44. By the aid of the rope-twitch (see page 1 1 3), 

 to be used by an assistant as may be necessary, it is 

 very easy to overcome any resentment the horse 

 may evince to the rein coming against his hind- 

 legs. We need not, except, perhaps, in very rare 



