THE-:- HORSE 



where the horses are and drive them some- 

 where to a corral. A round corral is best 

 when horses are to be handled because in 

 such a corral there are no projections that 

 might be the means of crippling animals that, 

 in the circumstances, would be restive and 

 trying to find a way out. 



All the horses, except the good looking 

 animal we have spoken of, having been cor- 

 ralled, are allowed to pass out through the 

 gate. The selected horse, however, is roped, 

 or, preferably, is driven into an adjacent 

 chute and there haltered. 



In the event of the horse being roped, the 

 halter must be put on him at the first pos- 

 sible moment. This must be done so as to 

 minimize the risk of straining or choking the 

 animal by the tightening noose of the rope 

 around his neck. 



An upright pole should be planted firmly 

 in the ground in the center of the corral, and 

 the latter should be about fifty or sixty feet 

 in diameter. 



If the horse has been driven into a chute 

 adjoining the corral the matter of haltering 

 him is simpler. It is done by standing above 

 the animal on the near side, the horse- 

 breaker holding the halter in his right hand 

 by the end of the long headpiece, throwing 

 this over the animal's head and catching the 

 short strap buckle in the left hand when the 



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