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Mai'd Pullers. 



It is often remarked, and by horsemen, too, if yon 

 have a hard puller upon the bit, give him all the 

 road he wants, and let him go. If he goes too fast, 

 jerk him up, first with one line, then with the other. 

 I have known some hard pullers, by giving them 

 the rein, and all the road they wanted, would run 

 until they would fall, and repeat the same thing day 

 after day. The idea is perfectly absurd. It will 

 amount to nothing but a broken down constitution. 

 Let me speak of a simple plan by which you can 

 control such horses at pleasure. Get a common 

 snaffle bit, around which weld two iron rings one 

 inch and a half in diameter. The bit is now placed 

 in the horse's mouth, with rings slipped close to the 

 cheek bars ; get a half inch strap, ten inches in length, 

 with billet buckle and loop attached to each end, 

 same as for buckling check reins in bits ; now place 

 it across the horse's nose, and buckle each end into 

 the rings that are welded around the bit. That 

 brings the rings very close each side of the upper 

 jaw ; stich to the centre of the strap across the nose, 

 one end of another half inch strap eighteen inches 

 long ; to the other end attach the buckle on the top 

 of the bridle and between the ears. This is to keep 

 the nose piece from dropping over the nostril. ' The 

 bit is now arranged. Place 3''0ur horse between your 

 shafts ; buckle your reins and start him along. Drive 

 him with a slack rein as long as he is quiet. If he 

 attempts to go very fast, pull upon the lines. As 



