96 HORSE SENSE. 



USE THE SENSATIVE HORSE VERY GENTLY AND THE 

 DULL-HEAD SHARPLY. 



The sensative horse must be used very carefully, and the willful dull- 

 headed, can be handled more positively; but on the same principle of re- 

 lief when near you, and in difficulty when away from you. Keep the 

 principles in mind and success will follow. 



"YANKEE BRIDLE" OR ANOTHER MEANS OF CONTROL- 

 LING THE HORSE THROUGH THE MOUTH. 



This character of rope bridle is preferable to the other in some in- 

 stances but for the beginner and for leading the horse it is excellent. 



"YANKEE" BRIDLE CAPABLE OF MANY USES. 



This "Yankee" bridle can be used in many forms and for different 

 purposes, is what makes it valuable in very many cases. It is made of 

 about qaurter-inch (like the former) nianila rope, fifteen or twenty feet 

 long, with a knot tied in each end to prevent fraying out. Tie a fixed 

 loop in one end, just large enough to be put in the horse's mouth over 

 the under jaw snugly, and when made, turn the knot through the loop, 

 drawing the main portion of the rope through sufficiently to put over the 

 horse's head, with the knot of the loop on the ofif or right side of the 

 horse (see cut No. 36); then proceed to place the loop portion into the 

 horse's mouth with the lose portion of the main rope on the near or left 

 side of the mouth. See fig. i, cut No. zi- This alone will make a good 

 leading bridle for any horse. 



USED IN DOUBLE OR SINGLE FORM IN THE MOUTH OR 

 UNDER UPPER LIP. 



If you need a very powerful bridle for an unruly horse, you may 

 stand with your back towards the horse's tail, holding rhe main portion 

 of the rope about one foot from the mouth in the left hand, reach over 

 with the right hand and grasp the rope below about one foot and turn 

 with your face towards the horse's tail and lay the rope on top of the 

 head and take up the slack in the rope; then take hold of the rope just at 

 the right side of the mouth, raise up the upper lip with the left hand 

 (see fig. 2, cut No. 2l7^ : and pass the rope across above the upper teeth 

 and hold in position with the thumb of the left hand, and with the right 

 hand take up all the slack of the main rope (see fig. 3, cut No. yj^ ; and 

 you have a bridle that should be used with the utmost caution with the 

 sensative horse; but the sulky dull-head will readily respond to its in- 

 fluence. It should always be used with gentleness when the horse will 

 respect it. The illustrations (cut No. zi^, show in their order how it will 

 appear when adjusted on the head of the horse. This also makes a good 

 stallion bridle for service work. 



ONE FORM EXCELLENT TO TEACH THE HORSE TO HOLD 

 HIS HEAD LOW DOWN. 

 If you have a horse that is difficult to bridle, put this on in its first 

 form, and instead of leaving the head loop just back of the ears, you will 



