146 TAMING HORSES. 



time you put it on, and he will still raise his head 

 to loosen it; by this means you Avill gradually get 

 his head and neck in the position you want him to 

 cany it, and give him a nice and graceful carriage 

 without hurting him, making him mad, or causing 

 his mouth to get sore. 



If you put the bitting on very tight the first 

 time, he cannot raise his head enough to loosen 

 it, but will bear on it all the time, and paw, sweat, 

 and throw himself. Many horses have been killed 

 by falling backward with the bitting on; their 

 heads being drawn up strike the ground with the 

 whole weight of the body. Horses that have their 

 heads drawn up tightly should not have the bitting 

 on more than fifteen or twenty minutes at a time. 



HOW TO DRIVE A HORSE THAT IS VERY 

 wriLD AND HAS ANY VICIOUS HABITS. 



Take up one fore foot and bend his knee till his 

 hoof is bottom upwards, and nearly touching his 

 body; then slip a loop over his knee, and up until 

 it comes above the pastern joint, to keep it up, 

 being careful to draw the loop together between 

 the hoof and pastern joint with a second strap of 

 some kind to prevent the loop from slipping down 

 and coming off. This will leave the horse stand- 



