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Index 



Leaders, how to train, 97 ; kinds, 

 97. 



Leading, foal with loin-hitch, 38 ; 

 the foal, 34 ; the horse, 51 ; when 

 to teach foal, 34 ; wild horses, 

 231 ; with halter, 45. 



Leather collar, 333. 



Legs, bandaging, 126 ; chafed, 375 ; 

 clipping hair from, 360 ; guiding 

 with, 158 ; leading, 162, 171 ; 

 pressure of, 157. 



Leg-strap, Rarey's, 207. 



Lessons, in regular order, 34 ; use- 

 ful, 33 ; short, 33. 



Light horse training, 108. 



Lines, 329 ; arranging on foal, 40 ; 

 holding, 131 ; multiple hitch, 330 ; 

 under tail, 268. 



Lip striking, 279. 



Lip-twitch, 197. 



Liverpool coach bit, 320. 



Loin-hitch, how made, 37 ; in 

 teaching foal to lead, 37 ; on 

 horse, 52. 



Loose horse, following, 54 ; halter- 

 ing, 227. 



Loose ring strap, 45. 



Lope, 160. 



Lugging, 281 ; causes, 281 ; over- 

 come, 281. 



Lying down, cow-fashion, 311 ; in 

 harness, 312. 



Mane-comb, 359. 



Martingale, 338. 



Master, of the horse, 2 ; personal 

 habits, 2 ; qualities of, 2. 



Memorizing, and flocking together, 

 6 ; and number of ideas, 6 ; both 

 sides of the horse, 6 ; fatigue, 6 ; 

 imitation, 7 ; out of condition, 7 ; 

 rapidity depends on, 5 ; while 

 young, 5. 



Memory, good, 4 ; how trained, 4 ; 

 in foal, 27 ; repetition, 5 ; vivid- 

 ness of impression, 4. 



Mental capabilities of the horse, 3. 



Metal, collar, 331. 



Methods, effective, 13 ; Old World, 



15 ; rapid vs. slow, 12 ; safe, 15 ; 



selecting, 12; of training, 11. 

 Mounting, 106, 155; difficult, 274; 



steadying, 107. 

 Mouth, before bitting, 56; "hard," 



57 ; how to examine, 57 ; in good 



condition, 49 ; importance of a 



good one, 57; "spoiled," 57; 



"tender," 57; unresponsive, 63. 

 Mouthing, bit, 320. 

 Mouths, difference in, 136. 

 Movements of foal, 28. 

 Mules, intelligence, 7. 

 Multiple hitches, 98. 

 Muzzle, 308. 



Natural law, 28. 



Neck-cradle, 308. 



Nervous types of foals, 30. 



Nets, fly, 347. 



" Night kicking," 295 ; causes, 295; 

 overcome, 295. 



"Nodder," 173. 



Nodine bit, 320. 



Noise, 85 ; acquainting with, 86. 



"Noise kicking," see "Night kick- 

 ing." 



Noose-twitch, 197. 



Norton bit, 320. 



Obedience, 16 ; and reward, 17. 



Objects, acquainting with, 87 ; 

 of early training, 27 ; of fear, 85 ; 

 strange, 237; of training, 11. 



Old World methods, 15. 



Orders, few, 16 ; make them under- 

 stood, 15 ; patience, 16 ; simple, 

 16. 



Over-reaching, 143. 



Pace, slow, 165. 



Painful lessons long remembered, 4. 

 Pawing, 309 ; overcome, 309. 

 "Pennsylvania" breeching, 338. 

 Perfection bit, 320. 



