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RAREY ON HORSE-TAMING. 



pass it around tKe neck just "back of tLe jaw-bone, 

 in the position given in tlie engraving. Draw the 

 strap as tight as possible, so tight as to almost arrest 

 the horse's breathing. The strap must not be 

 buckled, but held in this position to prevent slipping 

 back. The animal will struggle for a few minutes, 

 Avhen he will become perfectly quiet, overpowered 

 by a sense of suffocation ; the veins in his head will 

 swell ; his eyes lose their fire ; his knees totter and 

 become weak ; a slight vertigo will ensue, and he 

 will grow gradually exhausted. By now backing 

 him around the stable, he will come down on his 

 knees, in which position it is an easy matter to push 

 him on his side, when his throat should be released. 

 You must now operate with the horse in the same 

 manner as described after getting him down by 

 straps. Speak kindly to him, rub him gently the 



