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Another good way of teaching a horse to back will 

 be to put on him a surcingle and my Combination 

 Bridle, made as follows : Take a stout woven sash cord 

 thirty-six feet long, and put the middle of it in the 

 horse's mouth; make an ordinaiy slip knot, put the fore- 

 fop through it, and draw the knot tight. Take both 

 ends over the head between the ears; and bring one end 

 down on each side of neck, just back of jowls, twist the 

 ends together three or four times, bring each end for- 

 ward through cord in mouth, on each side of mouth, 

 take the ends back through rings in surcingle and 

 <;arry them back behind the horse, for lines. You then 

 have a combination of bridle and lines; you can guide 

 a horse as well with this cord as you could with any 

 bit. Xow, to teach him to back, simply bring the lines 

 or ends of the cord, forward, while they are through 

 the rings of ihe surcingle. Stand in front of him, take 

 a short hold of the lines just in front of his breast. 

 Say Back I and immediately give sharp raking pull 

 with the cords; this will force him back. Eepeat until 

 he will step back at command. 



TO BREAK THE HABIT OF RUNNING BACK^\'ARDS. 



Put on the horse the Double Safety Eope, and tell 

 him to back. After he has backed a few steps, say 

 Whoa I pull on the rope and bring him on his knees. 

 Thus teach him that Whoa I means to stop, whether 

 he is going backwards or forwards. If you will carry 

 the Double Safety Rope with you for a few trips, and 



