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handling will accomplisli our purpose in such 

 cases. Where the habit arises from previous 

 injury or ugliness of disposition, take the cord, 

 put the small end into the mouth, draw it tightly, 

 and take a half-hitch. This confines the head, 

 preveii»'ing the animal from raising it. In this 

 position, the horse will allow you to put on and 

 t.ake off the bridle at pleasure. After putting it 

 on and removing it several times, loosen up the 

 cord, and repeat the bridling; every time the 

 animal resists, draw the cord tightly; on the 

 contrary, when he yields, caress him ; you thus 

 gain his confidence. 



LOLLING THE TONGUE 



Some horses have a habit of carrying the 

 tongue out of one side of the mouth. This if 

 generally confined to narrow-jawed horses, the 

 space between the molar teeth being too narrow to 

 contain the tongue in the mouth when the bit 

 presses upon it, without coming in contact with 

 the edges of the molar teeth, to prevent which 

 the tongue is thrown out over the bit and hangs 

 from one side of the mouth. To remedy this 

 defect, take a common bar bit, drill a hole on 

 cither side, about three-quarters of an inch from 

 the centre of the bit, from the upper surface; 

 then take a piece of sole leather, four inches 

 long and two inches wide, sprinkle it over with 

 pulverized rosin and burn it into the leather, this 

 renders it proof against the action of the saliva 



