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on the halter. His natural instinct is to refuse to be held by the 

 head. When the animal's head is fastened he will make an effort to 

 get loose, and as long as he finds he is successful in getting loose he 

 will continue to do so. Therefore, should he set back on the halter 

 and attempt to get loose — his head being in a trap prepared for him 

 by the art of man — he will naturally pull to get his head out, and if 

 any part of the halter should give way or break, his head will become 

 free, and every time he gets free by pulling, he will be encouraged to 

 pull harder the next time, until it will take a very strong halter to 

 hold him, especially if he is a large, heavy horse. 



There are various plans devised for the breaking of this habit. 



No. 8. 



Cut No. 8 represents a horse pulling on the halter while fastened 

 according to my method of breaking this habit. Take a half -inch 

 rope fifteen feet long ; double about one-half of it, and put the 

 doubled end of it under the tail for a crupper, wrapping a piece 

 of cloth around the crupper part to prevent the rope cutting his 

 tail. 



Pass the longest end of the rope around his neck from the off side 

 to the near side ; tie it to the short end in a flat knot on the near 

 •side, and have the knot come about where you buckle the girth of the 

 harness. Then take the long end and place it under the belly and 



