154 HORSE SENSE. 



PICKETING OR LEAVING THE SINGLE HORSE. 



We are often asked for a method of hitching the single horse on 

 the prairie and be able to find him on our return, and here it is. The il- 

 lustration speaks for itself. Tell me, please, how far the horse will get 

 from where he is left, and yet he can eat grass and move around over 

 quite a space (backwardly) in half a day, but cannot go forwards. This 

 is a very convenient method of grazing the lawn or feeding to grass 

 ■where there are no fences for holding the horse. See Cut No. 71. 



THE SINGLE HORSE HITCHED TO HIMSELF ON THE PRA- 

 IRIE OR LAWN. 



Cut No. 71. 



<;UNNY-SACK OR MATTING AND HALTER WILL KEEP THE 

 SINGLE HORSE. 



Take a piece of strong matting four feet long and one foot wide, 

 with a hole cut in the center of the matting so as to put in a ring, or 

 tie the halter through this opening, and we have a better method of 

 learning a horse to stand without hitching than by a weight. 



It is better to put shackles on the front legs, as shown in cut No. 70 

 <a strap around each leg above the ankle and a cross strap) to keep the 

 matting immediately under the horse at all times; yet in many cases it 

 is just as effectual without this, as with it. Good strong "gunny" sack 

 will answer as well as anything for the matting. This is simple but ef- 

 fectual in practice. The horse is practically tied to himself and yet he is 

 not seriously hampered. See Cut No. 71. 



CONTROLLING THE HIND FEET OF THE HORSE IN SHOE- 

 ING. 



So many people have trouble in handling the hind legs of horses, 

 in caring for the feet, shoeing, etc., that it is best to give an illustration 

 and a little advice in the manner and method of doing it easily. 



We should first take a strap or rope 8 or 10 feet long and lay it 

 across the tail, as seen in Fi^ 7 Cut No. 64. 



