HALTEKING. 



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thing which he can run against to hurt himself. It would 

 alarm him too much to try to catch and hold him to put 

 on the halter, and besides, there is danger of getting hurt. 

 This difficulty can be easily overcome as follows : Get a 

 hcj'ht pole ten feet long, and drive two nails in it about 

 eight inches apart, the first about one inch from the end. 

 Take a common rope halter, and form a running noose with 

 the part which slips through it back about two feet. Hang 



Fig. 88.— About the length the halter should be tied. 



the part which goes over the head upon the nails at the 

 end of the stick, so as to be easily adjusted upon the head. 

 (See cut 86.) If the colt is not excited or frightened, as 

 the halter is extended toward him he will reach out his 

 nose to smell and examine it. While he is gratifying his 

 curiosity in this way, bring the slack part under his jaw, 

 the head part over and back of the ears, when by turning 

 the stick half way round, the halter will drop upon the 

 head. Now by pulling upon it, the slack will be taken up 

 m^ the halter will be upon him securely. 



