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after some bantering and making a wager with one or two 

 of them, he trained a young horse in a few minutes with 

 the cord so that he would follow him anywhere, even into 

 the house. He said he told them he would take the horse 

 to the top of the house, if they wished. His friends were 

 much surprised, and satisfied at the result of the experi- 

 ment. Said he, " They actually thought I could make the 

 horse follow me up the ladder if I wished." 



The simplicity of this form of control makes it difficult 

 to realize its value ; neither is it too much to say that it 

 requires a great deal of practice to use it with decided ad- 

 vantage. If limited to the various forms of the War and 

 Patent Bridles, one could drive and control more than half 

 of the average of vicious horses in the country. When 

 properly used, the ease and quickness with which a colt or 

 horse can be made to follow is surprising, particularly by 

 the First Form. This form is especially adapted to con- 

 trolling by the head and teaching to follow, such as head- 

 strong stallions, and lunging, headstrong horses that have 

 learned to pull away. Also for controlling horses bad to 

 shoe or bridle, and such as will not stand to be harnessed 

 or cruppered, or refuse to have the collar put on. It may 

 be used for ordinary cases afraid of the buffalo-robe, etc. 

 It will also break a cow that kicks while milking. The Sec- 

 ond Form is just the thing for the management of balkers, 

 as explained under that head. 



I used this bridle ten years before knowing how to 

 bring out anything like its full resources. Indeed, it was 

 only after thirteen years that I learned the Double Draw 

 Hitch Form a modification alone that more than doubles 

 its power. In fact, we were constantly developing more 

 and more, to the very last of my practice, the great value of 

 this simple means of control. 



