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he becomes warm and resists desperately, and you push 

 through until he yields, you will be likely to find the 

 mouth so tender, the day following, that he will not bear 

 at all against the bit. It is this yielding to restraint, by act- 

 ing persistently upon the mouth with a certain form of bit, 

 that enables me to break and control all peculiarities of re- 

 sistance to the mouth so easily ; and the ability to break 

 of pulling on one rein, refusing to back, and of running 

 away, may all really be classed under one head, because 

 broken by the same principles of treatment. The horses 

 referred to on a previous page were each broken by one 

 lesson. I have had, however, many cases I could not con- 

 trol without repeating treatment, once or twice, and in 

 two cases noted horses repeated three times ; but 

 my ultimate success was complete. I think it proper, be- 

 fore closing this chapter, to include a description of other 

 means of great value for the control of runaway horses, 

 means by which we can restrain and control kickers, by 

 direct power to force the head up and back, and will work 

 equally well on the runaway. Here I would call attention 

 to the different forms of reins, given in the chapter on 

 kicking. Either form gives great power over runaway 

 horses, and in many cases of lugging, or pulling against 

 the bit, work admirably. The foot-strap, overdraw-check, 

 or power-reins, will enable the easy control of any ordi- 

 nary runaway horses. The power-rein, or purchase, as 

 shown by the cord illustration, which can be modified, if 

 desired, by using reins with corresponding construction, 

 to give the pulling power upon the head, can be substi- 

 tuted. But, as I have stated before, I discard all these 

 means now in my practice. 



TURNING ABOUND. 



This is another habit that results from defective mouth- 

 training. With some exceptions, the habit is controlled 

 easily ; simply using the breaking-bit is all that is neces- 

 sary, or working the mouth with it until the head is turned 

 freely to the control of the bit. Pull, and repeat, against 

 the hard side of the mouth, until the head will be turned, 

 when pulled, freely. One of the simplest and most effi- 

 cient, is the following, illustrated by cut. Provide your- 



