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foot below the fetlock; next tie a knot in the 

 horse's tail; take a rope eight feet long, and make 

 slip loop in one end of it; draw this slip loop around 

 the tail above the knot, and bring the other end 

 through the ring at foot. This gives 3'OU a double 

 purchase on the foot. If he is a kicker he will not make 

 many kicks with this appliance on, as the foot would 

 just be carried back on the cord that you hold in 

 your hand; also the pressure and weight of the foot 

 comes directly on the tail. This is the simplest and 

 easiest way of managing a kicking horse or colt, bad 

 to shoe. Pull the foot backwards and forwards at 

 Bhort intervals until it will be given back freely; and 

 when given freedorn, it will be rested upon the toe, 

 with the muscles relaxed. ISTow step to the side of 

 the horse, and pull the foot forward a number of times, 

 until perfectly submissive. Then hammer on the foot a 

 /ittle; after all this is submitted to, you should remove 

 the pressure and continue handling the foot when 

 the pressure is off and the head is free. The other 

 hind foot must be handled in the same way. As men- 

 tioned before, making one foot or meimber of the body 

 gentle and submissive to be handled, will give no assur- 

 ance that the other parts will be submissive. 



Should the horse be bad to shoe in front, put the 

 Pulley Bridle on; you can strap the front foot up to the 



