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BREAKING ON FOOT, 



gets slack, we may put a knot in it, in front of the 

 rings of the snaffle, or of that part of the headstall 

 (see Fig. 97) through which it has been passed. Or 

 we may employ the Comanche bridle (see page 141), 

 which I think is the best means for teaching a difficult 

 horse to lead. I have also found the use of the rope 

 halter (see Fig. 24) very effective ; for the pain which the 

 pressure of the rope round his jaws will cause him when 

 he hangs back, will be instantly relieved the moment 



Fig. 96. — A crupper leading-rein. 



he goes forward. For making a horse merely come 

 up to one, I like Baucher's method, which is as follows : 

 Hold the reins in the left hand, as in Fig. 98, or the 

 crupper leading-rein, and continue to lightly touch the 

 horse on the breast with the end of a cutting whip or 

 switch, until he " comes up," when he should be imme- 

 diately rewarded by the cessation of the punishment, 

 by being patted on the neck, and by being spoken to 



