142 HORSE SENSE. 



this rope around the body of the horse just in front of the hips, with 

 the slip immediately under the body at the flank; then pass the rope 

 along under the body, between the fore legs, under the noseband of 

 the halter, then through the ring or hole of the manger or post to which 

 we want to hitch him and back to the ring of the head-stall, and tie so 

 as to give him about three feet between his head and the place to where 

 he is hitched — all as shown in Figures 3 and 4, Cuts No. 60 and 61. 

 Whatever he is afraid of may now be brought in front of him, and in- 

 stead of waiting to see how hard he will pull, we start for him and don't 

 stop until we reach the point to where he is hitched, at which time, nine 

 times in ten he will be there to meet us; as he will only pull while one 

 breath lasts him, when he must come forward for relief. 



Fig 5 



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Cut No. 60. 

 HALTER-PULLER HITCHED AT BOTH ENDS. 



Illustration (Fig. 3, Cut No. 60), shows him doing his utmost tvj 

 break lose, but being hitched at both ends of his body and the pull equal 

 at front and rear, he suddenly leaps forward to relieve the pressure at 

 the rear end and appears a shown in Fig. 4. Cut No. 61, with an entire 

 change of expression and demeanor. He may try it two or three times, 

 always with the same results. 



A MERE STRING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE 

 HORSE. 



The horse may now be tied with a halter-strap that will break at 

 only a moderate pull, with the rope from his body secured to the hitch- 

 ing post or manger, so that the pull on his head comes first, and when 

 the halter strap breaks he comes suddenly into the hitch around his 

 body, which so surprises him that, in a few days, by hitching with a still 

 weaker and weaker tie-strap, he cannot be induced to pull enough to 

 break a mere string. The hitch around his body should not be neg- 

 lected for quite a time, so that if he should pull back and break loose, 

 and get away, he has intelligence enough to know when the rope is 

 around his body and when it is not. 



