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Training the Work Horse 



pressure is brought to bear at a place where there is 

 httle or no Hkehhood of injuring the horse, and yet 

 the pressure stimulates a forward movement as well 

 if not better than either the loin- or tail-hitch. 



TEACH THE HORSE TO FOLLOW WHEN LOOSE 



In order to facilitate catching the horse when 

 loose, as at pasture, it is of advantage to have him 



Fig. 7. — The quarters-hitch, used in teaching the young horse to lead. 



trained to come up to us, and to follow. While 

 there are many methods of teaching the horse to 

 follow, only two are here given, one to be employed 

 on teachable and gentle horses, the other on horses 

 rather stubborn in their disposition. As soon as the 

 teachable horse has been taught to lead, procure a 



