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For Teacliiiig a Horse to jBack, or a Horse 

 tlmt i.s in tlie ]ial>il; oi' Boltiug-. 



The cord is all that is necessary for teaching jonr 

 horse to back. Place a pair of them around his neck 

 and into his mouth, one on each side. Get behind 

 your horse, and you can teach him to back at the 

 word in twenty minutes. For a bolting horse, use 

 but one. If he is in the habit of bolting to the right, 

 place the cord on the left side, and back into the 

 wagon. If to the left, place it on the right side of 

 the neck, and into the wagon ; and when he attempts 

 to bolt, a sudden pull will bring him in the right 

 direction. Drive him with a cord a short time, and 

 he is broken of the vice. To educate him to the word 

 "Whoa," a little pull, accompanied with the words, 

 'Ho! boy,' is all that is necessary, and he will obey you 



Xhe Plan for' a Hreacliy Horse. 



A breachy horse is one that costs the farmer a great 

 amount of time and trouble. He goes to the pasture 

 field, but is never sure of finding him where he per- 

 haps left him the evening previous. Mr. Cole's plan, 

 by which to prevent ahorse from jumping, is to place 

 a leather surcingle tight around his body, with inch 

 ring under the chest, fastened to the surcingle ; also, 

 a strap one inch wide, eight inches in length, buckled 

 around the ankle of the left hind foot, with ring at- 

 tached ; a strap one inch wide, three and a half or 

 four feet in length, (the length of this strap is gov- 

 erned according to the size of the horse,) one end 



