Chapter II. 



FIRST METHOD OF SUBJECTION. • 



AS before explained, disabling any part of the horse's body will 

 produce in him a corresponding sense of helplessness ; and 

 when we disable the whole body, or overmatch his pow- 

 ers wholly, we create in him a powerful sense of our mastery, and 

 a corresponding sense of his own helplessness. The simplest and 

 most effective means of doing this is by the method here given. 



I give two rigs, one of leather and one of rope.' The leather 

 rig works well, is not difficult to fit, but is troublesome to make, 



Fig. 67.— Mustang Ponies. 



and expensive, costing from eight to fifteen dollars. The rope 

 rig works equally well, and can be made of any old rope in a few 

 minutes, at a mearly nominal cost. I include a description of each. 

 For the leather rigthe surcingle should be made of two thicknesses 

 of good harness leather, about three inches wide, and about eight or 



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