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inch cotton rope eighteen feet long witli a snap in one 

 end. Eun the snap throngh ring in snrcingle, down 

 throngh ring at off front foot, up throngh other ring 

 in surcingle, down and snap in ring on near foot. This 

 "gives you a double purchase upon each front le.ix. Carry 

 this rope hack past the quarters on off side. Have rings 

 low down on surcingle at each side for the lines to 

 pass through, as in colt training. iSext take the rope 

 and whip in right hand, and lines in left. Xow give 

 him the command to go, and when you are ready for 

 him to stop, say "Whoa^^^ and pull on the Safety Rope 

 at the same time. This will bring him to his knees. 



You should always have good knee pads on him^ 

 so when you bring him to his knees it w^ill not hurt 

 him. In from thirty to forty minutes you can subdue 

 the most vicious horse with this Double Safety Rope. 

 The next method of subjection that I shall describe, 

 will be pressure on the spinal cord, or passive treatment. 

 It is well known that by hitting a horse at a certain 

 point back of the ear, it is easy to knock him down. 

 At the back part of the head, or just back of the ears, 

 there is about an inch of the spinal cord that is not 

 covered with bone. If a knife would be stuck in at ^his 

 point sufficiently to penetrate it, it would cause instant 

 death. By bringing gentle, but firm pressure upon 

 this part, you have one of the safest and most reliable 



