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CHAPTER III. 



HORSE-CONTROL. 



The breaking enclosure — Making a rope-halter — Haltering a loose 

 horse — Making a loose horse stand still — Taking up a fore-leg 

 — Holding up a fore-leg — Tying up a fore-leg — Blindfolding 

 a horse — Applying the halter-twitch — The rope-twitch — The 

 head-stall twitch — The bridle-twitch — The strait-jacket — Lift- 

 ing up a hind-leg — Gagging a horse. 



The breaking enclosure, — In order to carry out 

 the system of breaking horses, it is a great 

 advantage to have a proper enclosure, of about 

 20 yards square, with walls around it about 7 ft. 

 high. The ground inside should be quite soft, 

 so that horses which are made to lie down 

 on it, may not run any chance of hurting them- 

 selves. 



I may here impress on the reader the danger 



