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him to them. We may then tie up one fore leg, apply 

 the rope-twitch, and have the horse harnessed by drawing 

 up the cart, while he is kept standing still. After 

 repeating this once or twice, the leg may be let down, 

 and the harnessing performed as before. After the horse 

 has become quite steady, he may be backed into the 

 shafts. Or we may put the strait-jacket on over the 

 harness, make the horse lie down two or three times with 

 it, and having got him on to his feet again, draw the 

 traces of the strait-jacket so tight, that, if he attempts to 

 move, he will fall down. While keeping him standing 

 with the strait-jacket on, we may try to bring the shafts 

 over his back, letting him fall if he begins to struggle. 

 In the great majority of cases, the horse will quickly 

 learn to regard the fact of falling down as an irresistible 

 punishment for his unsteadiness ; and will accordingly 

 give in, and stand quietly. After he does so, we may 

 gradually slacken out the traces of the strait-jacket, until 

 we can remove this apparatus altogether. For safety 

 sake, in single harness, we should use a kicking-strap, 

 or a "jingle," if we can get one. If the animal be very 

 determined in his resistance, we may take the obstinacy 

 out of him by making him lie down, and keeping his 

 head turned round (see page 165). 



If the animal is difficult to juiharness, we may use the 

 rope-twitch, which will be sufficient in almost all cases. To 

 prevent the horse springing forward, we may make him lie 

 down a ^q\y times by means of the strait-jacket, and we 

 may put it on him before taking him out of the shafts ; or 

 we may take the " nonsense " out of him by making him 



