CHAPTER V. 



HARNESS HINTS. 



Halters — The Collar — Blinders — In Fly-time — Triple Reins 

 — Leading a Broncho — A Harness Closet — What Harriet 

 Says. 



HALTERS AND HARNESS. 



Many a horse is lost or seriously damaged by halters that 



are unsafe, because weak or improperly constructed. Pullers 

 are the result of breaking away. A horse 

 that is tied with a halter made like No. I 

 will rarely continue to pull. It is like the 

 ordinary halter, excepting that the chin strap 

 is double, and the ring is placed on but half 

 of it. The instant the horse attempts to pull 

 NO. I. he finds his nose suddenly compressed and 



his breath shut off. 



The unpleasant sensation ceases at once when he stands 



up to the post and behaves himself. This is an effective 



halter to place on halter-pullers. No. 2 is 



made of a single piece of rope, can be 



constructed in five minutes at a cost of five 



cents, and is extremely handy where one 



suddenly desires a number of halters for 



sending away horses that have been sold. 



It is not a safe night halter, as it is liable to 



. NO. 2. 



be rubbed off. By attaching a throat strap 



to it, however, it may be made to serve satisfactorily for 



some months. 



