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METHODS OF SUBJECTION. 



Fig. 106.— Mouth as Usually Kept 

 Open when Cord is on. 



sensitive horses, that will not bear excitement or heating of the 

 blood. It also works well upon biting, striking, vicious stallions, 



especially when used in connection with 

 the other methods. It works extremely 

 well upon mules, seldom requiring more 

 than ten minutes to subdue even those of 

 the worst character. 



Cases upon which it will not work well, 

 and for which it should not be used, are 

 young, unbroken colts, sullen or cold- 

 blooded horses, of any character, and, once 

 in awhile, a class of high-strung, sensitive 

 horses of great courage and endurance, 

 that become excited, strike, and resist 

 hard. Such cases are, however, somewhat 

 rare. It is not adapted for balkers ; if it 

 must be used upon such, let it be after subjecting to the First 

 or Second Methods, or both, and then but for a few minutes. 

 The reason this method should not be used upon colts, is that they 

 will in the first place usually resist any attempt to put on the 

 cord, or bite and chew upon it to a 

 degree that will bfuise or cut the cheeks, 

 which is very troublesome to treat.* 

 (See Fig. 107.) Besides, colts can be 

 controlled so much easier and better 

 by the Second Method, that there is no 

 necessity for using this upon them. 



There will occasionally be found an 

 old horse that will bite upon the cord 

 like colts. In all such cases the treat- 

 ment must at once be abandoned, and 

 dependence placed upon other methods. 

 Those that cut or bruise the cheeks are 

 usually of a surly, obstinate nature, the 

 sullen disposition being prominent, which 

 will usually be denoted by the small, clear eye, set well back on 

 the side of the head, eyebrows rather heavy, fullness below the 

 eye, long between the eyes and ears, ears rather long and heavy, 

 and small nostrils. In a very extensive practice of many years, 

 I found no practical means of preventing horses' biting in this way, 



Fig. 107. — Appearance of Mouth 

 when Biting upon the Cord. 



*Fot special treatment for such possible bruising of cheeks, see Bruises of Cheek. 



