TRAINING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 3 1 



back, divide the rope, and let it fall down its quarters, 

 then lift his tail quietly with your right hand, and pull 

 the rope towards his withers, thus bringing the rope 

 under his tail like a crupper, twist the short end a 

 time or two round the rope, pass the long end round the 

 chest on the off side and bring it back on the near side, 

 and then, through the loop, fasten off with a single 

 hitch 0)1 the loop, pass the end of rope under belly, go 

 round to the off-side, and with two single hitches finish 

 off, leaving the belly band loose (see plates i and 4). 



Take the swinging rope already described, pass the 

 end of shank through it, and tie the shank to the hair 

 rope in front of chest, then lead your colt round and 

 round the box, afterwards take him outside and give 

 him a smart sharp jerk or two, the hair rope will nip 

 his tail and make him come forzvard iimnediatcly ; for 

 you do not pull him upon his head alone, and make 

 him struggle, and fight, and hang back, because he is 

 being choked^ you punish a little the tail end instead. 

 The colt can't reason and say to itself, "well, I am only 

 asked to walk forward, and if I do so, this thing on my 

 head won't hurt me," but as it does hurt him, he pulls 

 back, fights, and strikes, to get away from it, 

 hence in after life when tied securely in his stall, he 

 pulls back if his halter shank gets strained in getting 

 up or lying down. 



Then, in another way, this method of using the 

 hair rope is very good for curing horses from breaking 



