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to bring their own horses and demonstrate values and tricks 

 such as prompt obedience to master's command, and pe- 

 culiar and valuable traits of their animals. 



7. Demonstrate the practical rope knots and splicings 

 of especial value in the handling of horses, such as the hal- 

 ter-hitch, clove-hitch, slipknot and timber-hitch. (See pages 

 491-497.) 



8. Demonstrate how to harness and hitch a team to a 

 double wagon. 



All of the above demonstrations should not only show 

 skill, accuracy and speed, but kindness in the handling of 

 the horses. 



9. The Play Contests With Horses 



1. Horse mounting contest, judged by skill, largest 

 number of mountings in five minutes and showing of kind- 

 ness to animal in mounting. 



2. Horse judging contest, driving contest in single, 

 double, or four-horse team. 



3. Oral story, giving the life history of the horse. 



4. Essay writing contest on the subject: "The Horse 

 and Its Relation to Agriculture." 



5. Recipe and remedy giving contest, showing the 

 proper methods of treatment for unsoundness, defects, blem- 

 ishes and vices of the horse. 



6. Oral or written contest in giving description of de- 

 fects and blemishes and statement as to causes. 



10. Colt Club Project 



The object of organizing a colt club is to get boys and 

 girls interested in the raising and proper management of 

 colts as an economic factor on the farm. The work should 



