HALTERING HORSE. 



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much 'more easily than he could do in a rectangular one. 

 In a roped-in arena, the horse can get his head away from 

 the halter easier than he could do when close to a wall. There 

 is no fear of a horse, however vicious he may be, attacking 

 the operator, if the man keeps the pole across the animal's 

 face, ready, if need be, to give him a tap or two on the 

 muzzle. The larger the enclosure, the less inclined will a 



Fig. 24. — Rope halter on horse. 



horse be to " savage " anyone approaching him. In extreme 

 cases, a blow on the forehead might be necessary. I may 

 mention that the brain is covered at the forehead by only 

 a thin plate of bone. Mr. O. S. Pratt, the American 

 " horse-tamer," gives in his book a method for haltering a 

 loose horse by putting the crown-piece of the halter on the 



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