30 THE HORSE : ITS TAMING 



The throat lash is a piece of stout cord about 

 fifteen inches lon^", \\hich must be fixed on the halter 

 previousl}^ It should be fastened into the offside 

 cheek, and a small loop made in the near side. 

 Directly you get the halter on, you must quietly take 

 your " third hand " away, pull his head smartly and 

 strongly to the near side, place your right hand on 

 his quarters, and give a heavy push at the same 

 moment. Repeat this several times, then get hold of 

 his tail in }^our right hand, take a short hold of the 

 halter shank with your left, and give him a few smart 

 turns round, then call in an assistant to hold the 

 halter. The right way to hold a colt by the halter,, 

 when standing on the near side, is to [with the 

 left hand] hold the shank close to the jaw, and 

 to have your right hand on the animal's ribs with the 

 end of shank in it, with a knot at the extremity, so 

 that if the colt struggles at all, the assistant pulls with 

 his left hand and pushes with his right, and so turns 

 the animal round again, and the shank is not likel}' to 

 get out of his hand. 



The trainer then gets the hair rope, which has been 

 lying handy somewhere, and taking the looped end in his 

 left hand, doubles it in two, for about four feet, so as 

 to make a sort of crupper ; the looped end is the short 

 one, take the loop and the portion of rope level with 

 it in the left hand, and put rest of the rope on your left 

 shoulder, put }'our left hand gently upon the colt's 



