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just before you pull. This treatment of the 

 horse must be repeated, if at any time he grows 

 restive, aiid seems indisposed to obey the com- 

 mand. Sometimes an occasional jerk preceded 

 with the command, and an ordinary bit is suf- 

 ficient to refresh his memory on the subject. 

 This method is also effectual in breaking up the 

 habit of kicking. For this habit I sometimes 

 use a link bit, neycr before presented to the 

 public. It is made of six links, each link one 

 inch in length, making a chain of near six in- 

 ches long. Place at each end of this a 2J inch 

 ring {See enjravinrj of Mcldng rig). With the 

 aid of this treatment you can cure the worst of 

 kickers. And horses in the habit of running 

 away, can usually be cured in one lesson, thus 

 preyenting accidents for the future. It is by 

 this process of teaching, that horses arc driven 

 without headstall or bridle: 



