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depend on the prompt compliance with the command, that we cannot 

 afford to have the horse misunderstand it, and if he has been well 

 trained to it, he will instinctively stop at the sound of that word, and 

 often prevent a variety of accidents. 

 BACK — this is an important word to teach the horse, as often much 

 '.kpends on his understanding just how to perform the work of a 

 backward movement with a load. He should first be taught this- 

 lesson out of the harness, as is described elsewhere in a very simple 

 manner, in accordance with the equine law. 

 HAW — this is the word of our fore-fathers who used but one line in 

 driving one to eight horses, and by a pull of this line, and using the 

 word HAW, the horses would turn to the left. 

 GEE — this is also the word of our fore-fathers and was used in con- 

 nection with a slight jerk on the one line and meant a turn to the 

 right. 



To the average boy of today these last two words HAW and GEE 

 mean comparatively nothing, but the horse can be made to soon un- 

 derstand just what is wanted and as readily turn in the direction desired 

 as he will at the word WHOA or BACK. So the reader can see that the 

 horse may be directed by the word in all required movements, without 

 the use of line or bit in the usual way. 



Horses well instructed to the use of the single line system make the 

 most reliable, intelligent and useful of our horses. 



