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halter, witli the left, the tail, and give him a few sharp 

 turns to the right ; if he is rather sullen and refuses to 

 move, with your left boot give him a few kicks across the 

 quarter that will give him a start, after which you can 

 whirl him either way as fast as you like. This will have a 

 good effect upon a wild colt that has acquired no vicious 

 habits ; but for the old horse I use my surcingle : study 

 and fully understand its use, and you will not fail to bring 

 them to an unconditional surrender. Read carefully the 

 next point in order, and its use will be fully explained. 



DIMENSIONS OP SURCINGLE. 



(See Fig. 2) 



Length, seven feet; width, two and a half inches, with 

 thirteen rings attached, as follows : The first ring is four 

 inches from the buckle, on the front edge ; the second, three 

 inches from the first, on the back edge, slanting from the 

 buckle; the third is a D ring, five inches from the second, 

 the fourth is six incnes from the third, on the back edge; 

 which comes directly under the chest; the fifth is a D ring, 

 five inches from the fourth ; the sixth is a D ring, four in- 

 ches from the fifth; the seventh is four inches from the 

 sixth, on the front edge ; the eighth is five inches from the 

 seventh, on the front edge ; the ninth is three inches from the 

 eighth, on the back edge, slanting towards the buckle ; the 

 tenth is a D ring, ten inches from the ninth ; the eleventh 

 is five inches from the tenth on the back edge, slanting to- 

 wards the buckle; the twelfth is a D ring, five inches from 

 the eleventh ; the thirteenth is three inches from the 

 twelfth, slanting from the buckle. 



