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METHODS OF SUBJECTION. 



the center of a cord under the bridle so as to rest upon this 

 point, and bringing both ends through the rings of the bit 



and carrying back 

 for reins, would usu- 

 ally make the horse 

 drive in a short time 

 to a slack rein. 



I was not, how- 



ever, led to make 



'/I?/ ( \ X -V ^l^lllliJMWMia any special effort to 



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of this principle of 

 subjection until in a 

 chance way I heard 



FIG. 44. Holding cord when through the mouth. Q f ft man w ^ j n 



breaking colts brought a cord moderately tight two or three 

 times around the head. This, with the remembrance of the 

 effects before referred to, led me to experiment carefully 

 with a cord in this way, but found it gave but little more 

 power of control than a common war bridle, and I aban- 

 doned its use. At the time, I carried canvas, visiting only 

 large centers, which gave me all the opportunity I wished 

 for using the First and Second Methods, and I rarely found 

 a horse that would not submit to these methods. One day, 

 however, a vicious, kicking mare was brought in that re- 

 sisted my regular treatment ; for, once warming up in har- 

 ness, she would kick in spite of all that could be done. I 

 was led instinctively to try the effect of extreme pressure, 

 and, without stopping to reason upon the matter, kept on 

 winding the cord until I used nearly one hundred feet of 

 hard, well-stretched cord. I let her stand about fifteen min- 

 utes, when upon trial I found her perfectly submissive. I 



