THE-:- HORSE 



vance rather rapidly with the right hand ex- 

 tended toward the animal's nose. 



As the man nears the horse he must be 

 careful to approach from the side as well as 

 the front, because there is always danger of 

 the horse striking and plunging forward. 



The moment the horse can be touched on 

 the side of the neck, the halter can probably 

 be adjusted in more or less the same manner 

 described in haltering the horse in the chute. 



The next step after the horse is haltered is 

 to take off the lariat rope and take a turn 

 and a half around the pole in the center of 

 the corral with the loose end of the halter 

 rope. 



Flagging is next. For this purpose several 

 sacks, or part of a blanket, attached to a pole, 

 are useful. The colt, held tied to the pole 

 in the middle of the corral, is generally 

 facing the man in the center, because the 

 rope being attached to the under part of the 

 halter, has the tendency to jerk the head of 

 the struggling animal towards the hitching 

 post, leaving him with outstretched legs 

 pulling back on his haunches. The horse- 

 breaker, keeping several turns of the rope on 

 the hitching pole, again approaches the 

 horse from the front, and extending the flag 

 projecting on the pole toward the horse's 

 head and back, he allows it to pass over the 

 animal's ears and neck, and eventually rubs 



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