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METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. 



remains behind them when the end of the stick is broughl 

 down, the horse will be lassoed, not haltered. The pre- 

 cautions necessary to be taken in haltering the horse will 

 depend on the amount of his vice, or timidity. A horse 



Fig. 23. — Haltering loose horse. 



can be thus caught best when he is standing in the corner 

 of a wall which is too high for him to look over. In a 

 circular enclosure, the animal will be able, by turning 

 round, to defeat the intentions of his would-be captor 



