CHAPTER VI. 



Tkainixg Ijiplemexts. — Whip ; whistle ; check cord ; lead ; 

 spike collar. 



EVERY breaker should provide himself with 

 a whip, whistle, one long check cord, a 

 lead and a choke or spike collar. This 

 latter instrument is a dangerous aflfair in some 

 men's hands, and if the amateur's temper is un- 

 certain it is not advisable for him to trust him- 

 self with a spike collar. A good whip is, how- 

 ever, a necessity, even if it is carried for little 

 more than a badge of authority. It can be 

 truly stated that there is not a good, practical, 

 serviceable whip suitable for the breaker's use 

 in the market. 



There are any number of dog whips, but un- 

 fortunately the men who designed them did not 

 have an intelligent conception of the proper 

 sphere of the breaker's art. They have fol- 

 lowed old English patterns and produced great 

 clumsy affairs, with the butts loaded with lead, 

 like a slung-shot, heavy enough to stun a bul- 

 lock, or with handles mounted with whistles 

 that will not blow, and the lashes are gener- 

 ally brutal affairs, elaborately braided and 



