252 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



told that a good way is to shorten the rack chain, 

 by tying it with a piece of thin twine, so that 

 when the animal pulls on the chain, he will break 

 the twine, and will then cease to pull, on the pre- 

 sumed supposition that he has broken the chain. 

 For horses with this habit, it is common to place a 

 broad band across the lower part of the stall, so as 

 to allow the animal to rest against it, if he likes. 



Kicking. See Chapter XV. We may, also, 

 teach the animal to " stand over" in his stall, by 

 pulling his head round with a cord attached to the 

 side of the head-stall, passed through a ring on 

 the top of the roller, and carried outside of the 

 stall, while giving, simultaneously with the pull on 

 the cord, some appropriate verbal order, such as 

 "over!" (See Fig. 47.) 



Kicking at night. I have no experience in break- 

 ing horses of this habit. I would suggest the 

 employment of the strait-waistcoat, which should 



