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right hand take the end on the left side, bring the two 

 ends together under the neck, and tie them around the 

 chest. Then carry the end of your tie strap through the 

 ring in the manger, or some point where he has been in the 

 habit of pulling; bring back and make fast to the web- 

 ing that passes around the chest. Your halter-puller 

 is now in the right position ; if he refuses to pull, induce 

 him to do so by frightening him in some manner. My 

 experience with halter-pullers warrants me in saying this 

 plan is lasting and effectual. You can hitch him in the 

 stall and let him remain in that position through the night. 

 He can lie down, get up, and move around the stall with- 

 out injuring himself in any way. Hitch him each day 

 at different points where he has been in the habit of pull- 

 ing, after which you need have no fears of his breaking 

 a common halter. (See Fig. 10.) 



GETTING CAST IN THE STALL. 



If there is anything that will vex aad irritate the pro- 

 prietor of a stable, it is to have some one of his horses 

 getting cast in the stall. Every night a thundering noise 

 is heard and some one calls out, " you have a horse cast." 

 Up he gets, hurries to the stable, and with a great deal of 

 hard "labor they finally succeed in getting the horse to his 

 feet, stiif, and badly galled. Observe the following, and 

 you will have no such trouble. Place on your horse a five 

 ring stiap halter; (a five ring halter he cannot slip) 

 where the strap comes over the head, just back of the ears, 

 attach a one and a-half inch ring; do not slip the top 

 piece through the ring; you must make it fast, so it will 

 not slip to the right nor to the left; get a strap four inch- 

 es long, one inch and a quarter wide ; set your ring iu 



