48 Modern Breaking 



knotted, that are calculated to leave the flesh 

 bruised or swollen. 



THE WHIP. 



The accompanying illustration is of a whip 

 designed by the writer that will be found to 

 answer all the purposes of the modern breaker. 

 It is light, easily rolled up and carried in the 

 pocket, and will last for years. The flat- 

 tapered strap that forms the lash punishes a 

 dog as severely as is necessary without leaving 

 any unnecessary bruises or continuous pain. 

 There is just the difference between punishing 

 a dog with this kind of a whip and the ordi- 



THE WHIP 



nary dog whip that there is between the spank- 

 ing a mother will administer with a slipper 

 and the injury a vicious parent might inflict 

 with a rawhide. 



The whip can be made easily by any worker 

 on leather. Take a strip of rawhide thirty- 

 two inches long and two and one-quarter 

 inches wide for six inches, and then taper it 

 down to three-sixteenths of an inch. The six 

 inches is to form the handle and should have 

 the edges brought together and sewed ; a snap 

 or ring can be attached to the handle if con- 



