TRAINING THE HORSE. 8l 



and render him powerless to get away, unless you 

 permit him to by loosening the rope. 



In thirty minutes the most vicious runaway or 

 plunger will be completely subdued by this treat- 

 ment. I also use this rope on horses afraid of bicy- 

 cles, cars, fire-crackers, etc., as well as in deriving over 

 paper, or going past top carriages. It is impossible 

 for the horse to turn around with you, for as he does 

 so, just tighten the rope and he is on his knees. 

 Loosen the rope and he will be on his feet again. In 

 manipulating this rope on the road I use knee-pads 

 made in the following manner: Take a piece of felt 

 about six inches one way and twelve inches the other, 

 and in the middle of it sew on a piece of leather in 

 the shape of the horse's knee. Have a strap fastened 

 to the top of this felt, and a strap to buckle on the 

 bottom. Buckle these on the horse's front knees, and 

 you have a pair of knee-pads that will answer every 

 purpose. They can be bought, however, of any regu- 

 lar harness-dealer. 



THE DOUBLE BONAPARTE BRIDLE. 



I will next describe my double Bonaparte bridle. 

 This is a cord fifteen feet in length, with a stationary 

 loop tied at one end just large enough to slip over the 

 horse's lower jaw. Put it on the horse's lower jaw; 

 bring it over the middle of the neck from off side; 

 pass downward through the loop on near side; bring 

 up to lower corner of cheek-borte on near side; hold 

 there with right thumb, pass the slack under upper 

 lip and over upper jaw from near side; bring ovef 

 neck just behind ears from off side; then through 

 loop held by thumb. Don't fasten. Hold the long 

 end in your right hand and take it back, and you 

 then have a most powerful bridle which will effectu- 

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