Hints on Colt-Breaking. 95 



again to a. Here tie to the end you 

 have in your hand, and pass under his 

 belly, fastening it securely exactly oppo- 

 site A on the off side, thus making a 

 belly-band to prevent the whole gear 

 slipping upwards. Now tie one end of 

 a short rope to his head-stall, pass it 

 through a ring fixed on the manger, or 

 on a post, and tie to his chest-rope. 



When a horse is in this position he 

 will pull back both on his head and tail, 

 and, disliking the feeling of it, will very 

 soon desist. 



For a horse that hangs hack when led, 

 this is a capital cure, and it also accustoms 

 him to travel with his hind quarters well 

 under him. The rope, at the place where 

 it passes under the tail, should be lined 



