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HORSES AND RIDING. 



taught to lead. This should be done in the following 

 manner. 



Ordinary hemp halters are not suitable for putting 

 on to a foal or yearling for the first time ; they are 

 too rough and heavy. And if they are not tied under 

 the jaw, and the foal pulls at them, they pinch his 

 jaw and cause pain, and if they are tied in a knot 

 -piG, 29. it makes them clumsy and 



heavy. The following plan 

 therefore should be proceeded 

 with. 



Get a couple of leather 

 straps, three quarters of an 

 inch broad and moderately 

 thin, and long enough to 

 reach round the foal's head 

 either way, that is, one of 

 them is to go over the back 

 o£ the ears and down under 

 the nose, and the other round 

 the nose about half way between the eyes and nostrils. 

 There should be two loops sewn on to the first strap 

 to allow the second strap to pass through (fig. 29). 



When you wish to put the headstall on the foal, 

 you should have the strap that goes round the nose 

 buckled, but larger than it will want to be when it is 

 on. The strap that goes round the head length- 

 ways should be unbuckled. The headstall should 

 be held in the left hand by the two ends of the loose 



