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MOUNTED BREAKING. 



handed, he may, in the case of a violent or otherwise 

 difficult horse, make him quiet by a pretty stiff turn at the 

 head and tail (see page 169), lying down, or tying-on-the- 

 ground plan (see page 165), and mount before the good 

 effect of the discipline has passed off. In this way an 

 expert breaker could within an hour and a half make any 

 horse quiet to mount for the time being ; only a few repeti- 

 tions being usually needed to make the effect permanent. 



Fig. 103 — Buckjumping saddle. 



With ordinary horses, the resources of the breaker need 

 not exceed those to be obtained from the long reins and 

 rope-twitch. The precaution of using a saddle in which 

 one can obtain a firm grip, should not be neglected. 



Having mentioned the subject of a saddle for breaking 

 purposes, I may state that I have designed one out of 

 which it is almost impossible to fall. It is provided on each 

 side with " leaping heads," which give a grip with both 



