BREAKING TO HARNESS. 215 



if he sees fit. With one man to hold the rope- 

 twitch, and with the aid of a kicking-strap, the 

 breaker, if expert, may easily manage to put a 

 horse in single harness for the first time. In an 

 enclosure such as I have described, the breaker 

 may circle the horse in the trap, with the long 

 reins on foot, by himself, and, in a short time, 

 after the animal has settled down, he may get an 

 assistant to sit in the trap. When the horse is 

 found to go quietly inside the enclosure, he may 

 be tried outside. I think it always the best and 

 easiest plan to break a horse to harness, without 

 blinkers. 



