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back through the collar, holding the end in your 

 right hand ; now pull up the foot and hold it until 

 he ceases to resist : then take the web in your 

 hand close to the foot and pull the foot in different 

 directions, until he ceases to resist your efforts; 

 then caress him. Recollect, gentleness and kind- 

 ness go a great way in gaining the confidence of 

 the animal. When he gives you the foot readily, 

 take a hammer and tap upon it very gently. If he 

 resists, jerk him sharply a few times with the cord ; 

 if he still resists, remove the long web, then take a 

 short hold upon the halter with your left hand, 

 and with a quick motion catch the tail with the 

 right hand, and swing him around a few times, 

 by quickly bringing the head towards you. This 

 so disconcerts him that he usually yields the foot 

 without further resistance. For safety it is 

 always better to put the web on again for one or 

 two handlings. Properly managed you will seldom 

 fail in breaking up this habit iu from four to six 

 days. 



HORSES UGLY TO SHOE IN FRONT. 



Take the short web, put it on the foot (at the 

 fetlock) you wish to handle, pass it over the back 

 from the opposite side ; now pull the foot up and 

 hold it there until the animal ceases his efforts to 

 get it away, then tap lightly with a hammer upon 

 the foot, increasing the force of the blow ^raciu- 

 ally, until he will allow you to strike upon the 

 foot as hard as may be necessai\y ; tli^eii let the 

 foot down, pick it up with the hand ; if he resists, 



