A Lead Rope 



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The guy rope. — This is a lead rope for controlling 

 wild, refractory and vicious horses. To make it, 

 use a soft, three-eighths inch rope about twenty feet 

 long and make a small stationary loop in one end. 

 Place this loop under the left jaw, carrying the free 

 end over the neck 

 from right to left, 

 then down the left 

 side of the head 

 through the loop and 

 to the mouth, then 

 through the mouth, 

 back under the lower 

 jaw, and between the 

 jaw and the rope 

 coming from the 

 neck, thus forming a 

 loop around the neck, 

 and a half-hitch 

 around the jaw (Fig. 

 55). This makes a very efficient lead, though it 

 should never be used in prolonged pulls, but in short, 

 quick jerks. 



Combination bridle. — To make this, choose a small 

 rope or sash-cord about thirty feet long, put the 

 middle of it in the horse's mouth, pass both ends up 

 toward the forehead, knotting them in front and a 

 little above the eyes (some slip the foretop in this 

 knot before drawing tight), pass both free ends over 



Fig. 55. — Guy rope. 



