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miscellanf:olts habits. 



To Lead a Cow P^asilv. 



Tie a rope around the head under the horns, Itringing 

 the knot over the ear. Now bring the rope forward and 

 under the ear, again forward over and under the cord. 

 By pulling now, the cord will tighten around the ear, hurt- 

 ing so severely that the cow will lead freely. 



To Force a Horse on the Trot. 



During one of my early tours in Ohio, a horse-trainer 

 came one hundred and fifty miles to attend my class. He 



stated that there was 

 but one point in which 

 he was interested, and 

 if I could help him on 

 that, it was all he de- 

 sired. The point was, 

 how to force and keep 

 a horse on the trot 

 under excitement. 

 On this point he was 

 very much interested, for the reason that he made the train- 

 ing of trotters his business, and it was indispensable that 

 he should be able to do this. Also, because he knew of a 

 mare that could trot very fast, but when driven in company 

 with other horses, or excited in the least, she would break, 

 and could not be made to trot, and on this account was re- 

 garded worthless as a trotter. He could buy her at a very 

 moderate figure, and could make a big thing on her if he 

 could break her ; but he did not wish to purchase her un- 

 less he felt confident of success in her management. 



This was a new point to me ; but on the impulse of the 

 moment I advised him to try the Breaking Rig as shown 

 by cut on page 180, at first to work her slowly and gently 



Fig. 827.— To change a horse's gait. 



