HORSE SENSE. 1H3 



CAN TRAVEL ABOUT AS WELL WITH AS WITHOUT THIS 

 ATTACHMENT. 



With this kicking attachment the horse can walk, trot or pace, 

 but cannot run to much purpose, for when the hind legs are brought 

 backward together it must produce an effect on the mouth; whereas 

 the movements of walking, trotting or pacing move one leg at a time; 

 the leg rope plays back and forth, through the pulley, without any appre- 

 ciable effect on the mouth. 



Except in a very straight hock, the straps will stay in their places, 

 especially if both upper and lower straps are of the proper length to 

 allow the ring to d'-aw from the center of the hock. But if there is an 

 inclination to drop down below the hock, a string or strap from the 

 hock-band to the back strap v/ill keep them in place. 



ALWAYS CARRY THE SMALL ROPES OVER THE HORSE'S 

 HEAD BEFORE TYING. 



The reader may wonder why we want to pass the long, small rope 

 up over the horse's head and tie into the bit-ring on the opposite side; 

 but will naturally say to himself, it is just as well to tie to the bit-ring 

 on either side, instead of going to the trouble of passing it over the head 

 and tying on the other side. 



NEVER TIE THE ROPE DIRECTLY FROM UNDER THE 

 BODY TO THE BIT. 

 If the rope is tied directly to the bit-ring, and the horse should kick 

 hard, he will certainly bruise his mouth badly, and may break the bit and 

 get his freedom; whereas, if the rope is passed over the head, as directed, 

 the hard kick draws the bit up into the angles of the mouth so tightly 

 that the pressure continues until relief is brought to the horse by his 

 handler pulling the bit down into the mouth, which, if done in the spirit 

 of kindness, will soon satisfy the horse that it don't pay to kick any 

 more. Its use should be persevered in for a considerable time. 



A MODIFICATION OF THE LAST NAMED APPLICATION 

 FOR THE KICKER. 

 Before trusting the kicker without any appliance to prevent him 

 from kicking, it is a good plan to use a halter under the bridle with 

 tic-strap of minimum strnegth only (one that can be easily broken) 

 and attach this strap to the eye of the pulley, back of the girth, a little 

 shorter than the ropes of the headstall of the bridle, so that any ten- 

 sion from the head to the hind legs will come on the nose-band of the 

 halter instead of the mouth. And if the horse should make an effort to 

 kick, the halter-strap will break and the effect on the mouth will be 

 just the same through the medium of the ropes to the mouth as before. 



THE HALTER ATTACHMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT US^ AND 

 ITS BENEFITS. 

 After the horse has become acquainted with the additional halter 

 attachment to that of the ropes to the mouth, the rope part to the 



