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RAREY ON HORSE-TAMING. 



ged with a wooden bit made for the purpose, so 

 large that he cannot close his mouth. Here is the 

 kind of bit to be used : 



Of course there is no difficulty in handling the leg 

 of a quiet horse or colt, and by constantly working 

 from the neck down to the fetlock, you may do what 

 you please. But many horses, and even colts, have 

 a most dangerous trick of striking out with their 

 fore-legs. There is no better protection against this 

 than a cart-wheel. The wheel may either be used 

 loose, or the animal may be led up to a cart loaded 

 with hay, when the horse-tamer can work under the 

 cart through one of the wheels, while the colt is 

 nibbling the load. 



Strap Ko. 1. 



Having, then, so far soothed a colt that he will 

 permit you to take up his legs without resistance, 

 take the strap No. 1, pass the tongue through the 

 loop under the buckle so as to form a noose, slip it 



