102 HALTER PULLING. 



deforming and spoiling them, and in some instances 

 killing themselves, by dislocating the neck. The point 

 is to hitch the colt in a way that will induce the least 

 inclination to pull, and when it does pull it cannot get 

 loose, strain or otherwise injure itself. 



Take a rope eighteen feet long, (half inch rope 

 that will not stretch much is the best,) make an 

 ordinary slip noose around the colt's body, bring the 

 end between the front legs, up through the halter ring 

 and tie to a strong post or hitching rack. Then make 

 a little racket in front of it and cause it to pull back. 

 It will not any more than get back until it will be up 

 to the rack again. After it has tried it two or three 

 times it will not pull any more, and the more racket 

 you make the closer to the rack it will get. I should 

 have stated in the chapter on Colt Ti'aining that this 

 treatment should be applied before hitching the colt up, 

 about the third or fourth lesson. After giving the colt 

 two lessons of this kind it will be safe to hitch on the 

 street with, a light strap. While this hitch alone will 

 be sufficient to hold the worst halter puller, yet- it mil 

 not be sufficient to wholly overcome the habit. To 

 break the bad, sullen pidlers, or those confirmed in the 

 habit, requires very good management. In the first 

 place, you should have a good, strong halter on the 

 horse, and hitch to a strong hitching rack, where it 



