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HORSE SENSE. 



When we have the Hnes so adjusted, we should then buckle a strap 

 around each front pastern. Then take about twenty feet of quarter 

 inch rope or rawhide, and with one end in the hand, put it under the 

 girth of the harness, against the hair, pass it down, and under the strap 

 at the pastern of the right leg, and back under the girth again, with the 

 hair, and down to, and attach to the strap of the pastern of the left 

 leg, when we can take the rope and lines in hand, and get behind the 

 horse, and commence proceedings as in cut No. 88. 



If the horse starts of? quietly we must certainly give him no an- 

 noyance, but if he persists in trying to get away from us, or rears, we 

 should proceed to draw his front feet to his body, as seen in cut No. 89, 

 by pulling on the rope; or if he attempts to run from the start, we pull 

 on the rope, for the same purpose as seen in cut No. 90. 



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THE HORSE REARING, BUT LOSING THE USE OF HIS LEGS 

 .IN THE ACT. 



REINS FOR THE LEGS, BETTER THAN TO THE BITS. 

 When the horse is determined to get away, with even good treat- 

 ment, the use of the double foot attachment persuader is very effective, 

 if in the hands of a considerate and affectionate horseman. If the horse 

 starts by rearing or running, and we pull on the rope, the result is the 

 same in both cases, and is very well shown in cut No. 90. 



