04 THE STOCK owner's ADVISER. 



leg by the method already described, take off your strap. Then 

 put on the Eureka bridle gently and step to one side and back 

 and say, "Come here, sir!" pulling a very little upon the bridle, 

 just enough to bring his head towards you a little. ]^ow step 

 up to him and pat him on the neck, saying, '^You are a fine fel- 

 low." Then try again the same way, and so repeat until he will 

 come quite freely; you may increase your force upon the bridle 

 in proportion to his submission, but not if he shows stubbornness. 

 You may then step to the other side and repeat the lesson until 

 he will come to you either way cheerfully. When you wish him 

 to follow, continue your training in this way, gradually pulling 

 a little more on a line with his body, until he will follow as well 

 ahead as he does sideways. 



HOW TO MAKE A BITTING BRIDLE FOR AN UNRULY HORSE. 



Take the Eureka bridle already described and fix a loop upon 

 the other end like that already used to put around the jaw, but 

 big enough to go over the head and fit over the neck, rather tight, 

 where the collar is worn. Xow bring the cord forward, put 

 through the mouth from the off-side, and bring back on the near 

 side and put through the loop around the neck. Pull upon this 

 cord and the head will be drawn back to the breast. You are 

 now prepared to bit. Simply pull upon the cord a little, which 

 will draw the head back slightly; after holding for a short time, 

 render loose; then draw up a little tighter, and so repeat for four 

 or five minutes. Then stop bitting, and repeat at some future 

 time till you have the horse under your control. 



THE STUBBORN HORSE. 



If the animal you are operating upon seems to have a stubborn 

 or mulish disposition rather than wild; if he lags back his ears 

 as you approach him, or turns to kick you, he has not proper 

 regard or fear of man, and it might do well to give him a few 

 sharp cuts, with the whip, about the legs pretty close to the body. 

 It will crack keen as it plies about his legs, and the crack of the 



