TO FORCE ON THE TROT. 105 



(See cut.) One leg going forward to *fhe degree that the 

 opposite one goes baqk, brings no restraint on the cord or 

 head, but the instant both feet go back as in the act of 

 running, the cord is shortened, the head is drawn back, and 

 the horse is taught that he is helpless. He soon learns this 

 and becomes afraid to break, though subjected to any rea- 

 sonable excitement. With this "rig" on, move the horse 

 on a walk until accustomed to it, which will usually require 

 but a very short time. Then let out on a moderate trot, 

 and when thoroughly accustomed to it pushing to a fast 

 gait. This must be repeated. In fact this arrangement 

 should be kept on until the horse is made reliable. Should 

 be driven and thoroughly practiced with other horses, and 

 excitement made as if in a race. Of course all this requires 

 ingenuity, patience and care. 



This will work best on some horses by attaching to the 

 collar, or around the neck. The restraint is simply more 

 positive by this change. 



One gentleman in Ohio, two years since, came one 

 hundred and fifty miles to get this treatment of me, and in 

 three months afterwards he informed me that he had since 

 sold a mare for fifteen hundred dollars which he had bought 

 for three hundred and seventy-five dollars. She would 

 break when in the least excited, and could be made nothing 

 of, though a fast stepper. He bought her, made the experi- 

 ment, and in less than a month had her down fine, and 

 could hold her under the whip regardless of yelling and the 

 excitement of competing horses. This gentleman informed 

 me he then had a horse that promised equally good results 

 by this treatment. 

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