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the mouth, and hold it firmly. It is extremely important to hold 

 it so that, in any movement the horse may make, there is a point 

 of support for the hand against the lower jaw. Pulling on the 



Fig. 3. 

 Method of holding tongue in giving a ball. 



tongue may give unnecessary pain, make a horse restless, and in tossing 

 his head about, the organ may be severely lacerated. 4thly, The ball. 



Fig. 4. 

 Showing correct way of holding a ball. 



which has been ready all the time in the assistant's hands, or in the 

 waistcoat-pocket, or grasped by the lips of the operator, is seized as in 



