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band and the breeching on either side are drawn 

 tight and secured by a strong strap or rope passing 

 from breast-band to the breeching. In this harness 

 the horse can make but slow progress, and this by 

 low and very fatiguing jumps. He is now turned 

 loose to get used to the restraining harness, which 

 he usually does in about one quarter of an hour. 

 After the horse has calmed, some persons take a long 

 rope, secure it in the ring on one side of the breech- 

 ing, say the left, then pass the free end forward and 

 through the ring on the left side of the breast-band, 

 and back through the ring at the breeching. Next 

 remove the straps, securing the breast-band and 

 breeching on the left side. Now the horse can 

 walk, but if he should begin to jump around, all they 

 have to do is pull on the rope, which compels him 

 to make the short, tiresome jumps as before (Fig. 72). 



TRAINING THE WILD OR STUBBORN HORSE 



Having considered the more important and more 

 useful appliances used in training wild, refractory 

 and stubborn horses we will pass at once to the 

 education of these classes of animals. 



Catching a wild horse. — When it comes to train- 

 ing the wild horse, the first thing, of course, is to get 

 hold of him and to get our training appliance at- 

 tached. While cowboys and ranchmen do this with 

 the lasso, only a few of us can manipulate a rope so 



