HOW TO TEACH HORSES TRICKS. 



We will next illustrate the methods of teaching the horse to lie 

 down, etc., as practiced by circus-men for hundreds of years. Tins 

 method is the same as used by Denton, Offett, Karey, and others 

 engaged in the business of taining| horses. They ail gained a great 

 reputation as horse-tamers in consequence of these supposed new 

 methods. We will first explain how to apply the straps. 



Take a good strong strap, about fifteen or eighteen inches long, 

 such as used for a breeching-strap, with a slip-loop on it. Put the 

 strap around the pastern- joint on the near fore leg, and buckle his 



