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stall. Where these conditions prevail it is of 

 course incumbent that they shall be altered 

 before anything else is done. Then a rope may 

 be arranged across the rear of the stall in such 

 a way that when the horse backs it will come 

 in contact with his quarters. This will make 

 him move forward. Or he may be trained to 

 stand tied without hanging back by the loin 

 hitch, which consists of a rope with a loop in it 

 placed round the horse's body in front of the 

 hips. The loose end of the rope is put through 

 the loop, brought between the horse's forelegs 

 and through the halter ring and then round 

 a strong post and back to the halter ring where 

 it is made fast. Then make the horse hang 

 back ; he will soon tire of it. This is one of 

 the many different ways of tying up a horse 

 to overcome this bad habit. Anyone who is 

 curious on the matter can find others in the well- 

 known books on Horsebreaking of which there 

 are so many. 



Kicking in the stable has already been referred 

 to.^ In case a horse is persistent in this vice he 

 must be taken out of the stable and some breaking 

 tackle put on him, so arranged as to hurt him 

 when he kicks. Then he must be incited to 

 kick and the tackle used effectually. A horse, 

 having an excellent memory will soon come to 

 associate kicking with pain, and drop kicking 

 in the stable. 



Some horses never lie down to sleep, but 



1 See page 9. 



