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rabey's horse-tamino. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRACTICE. 



If you are not well accustomed to the handling oi 

 anbroken and spirited horses, your first subject for pract ce 

 should be a comparatively quiet horse. After you hav« 

 repeatedly laid him down as directed, you can try other? 

 more difficult until you can at length undertake those that 

 are vicious and even untamable by other methods. 



Preparations. — Supply yourself with a strong surcingle^ 

 to be buckled around the horse at the girth ; a strap, as 



Fio. 48.— Strap with buckle. 



Fig. ^.—Wooden gag-bit 



represented at Fig. 48, made of good stout leather an incb 

 and a quarter wide and three feet or more in length, 

 having a loop by which to form a noose, and a strong 

 buckle; a second strap, without a buckle, but with a 

 loop made by doubling over one end of the strap and 

 sewing it strongly. This strap should not be less than 

 five feet in length. A common bridle, with stout reins 

 and bit^ will answer for ordinary horses, but for vicious 



