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fihould be got rid of, or put to slow and heavy work. 

 -^Touatt. 



PULLING AT THE HALTER. 



The following is an effectual method of preventing 

 and curing a horse from pulling at the halter. It 

 should not be applied in a stable unless the animal is 

 watched, as he may throw himself and receive injury : 



Put a strong strap or rope around the neck, and 



another with a ring in it around the pastern of one of 



the hind feet, and attach a strong rope to the ring, and 



pass it under a firm strap or cirsingle, buckled loosely 



around the girth, just back of the shoulder. Continue 



the rope between the fore legs and through a hole or 



ring in the manger, or post, where the horse will pull, 



and then tie it to the strap around the neck, then let 



him pull " to his heart's content." A few such trials 



will most likely subdue him. The harder he pulls back 



the harder his hind foot is pulled forward, and the 



experimenter will be surprised to see how little the 



liorse can do — he will not be likely to even get bis 



hind foot off the ground. 

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