EDUCATING THE HORSE. 225 



TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO REAR UNDER 

 THE SADDLE OR BEFORE A CARRIAGE. 



Attach a small cord tightly around the swell 

 of the body, tied with a loop-knot, and carry it 

 back into the carriage. By doing this you pre- 

 vent your horse from rearing, inasmuch as he is 

 unable to expand his body, and, without doing 

 so, it is impossible for him to rear. Simple as is 

 this method, the reader, if he should have occa- 

 sion to practice it, w^ill find the idea of great 

 value, as it will never fail to prove effectual in 

 removing this, to say the least, unpleasant and 

 often dangerous habit. It is possible that the 

 habit might be broken up in other ways, but 

 there are none so harmless and easy of applica- 

 tion as is the one I have described. 



My readers will, I doubt not, receive with 

 kindly feelings not only the instructions on the 

 important points of educating their horses to 

 break off bad habits, but will profit by the ideas 



