CHAPTER VIII. 



HALTER-PULLING. 



HALTER-PULLING is one of the simple habits that not only 

 cause great annoyance, but seriously injure the value of a 

 horse, by rendering him unsafe to be left hitched in the 

 street. A horse subject to this habit may stand all right 

 when not excited, but will be ready to break his neck in 

 the attempt to pull loose should a bit of paper, or anything 



FIG. 201. As the colt will naturally resist when pulled 

 upon straight ahead. 



else, be suddenly thrown down in front of him. There 

 was no habit that troubled me more to learn how to man- 

 age than this one. It was easy enough, with a little care, 

 to keep a horse from pulling for a short time, but the diffi- 

 culty was, in bad cases, to wholly prevent or break up the 

 habit. 



When there is an effort at first to lead a colt by the 

 halter, the moment the pressure is felt upon the head, there 



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