WAR BRIDLE— SECOND FORM. 



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as before, when you will find that you ''will 'be able to pull the 

 horse right to you ; but if you do not the first 'tinte, you can at 

 farthest after a few repetitions. A quick, nervous horse may jump 

 right to you on the first pull, and will follow in the most prompt 

 manner afterward, while one of a slow and sullen nature may resist 

 quite hard for a while, but will always yield in time. 



As a means of breaking horses that lag when handled or pulled 

 upon by the halter, or refuse to lead to any point, as, for example, 

 through a door (a common habit), this form of the War Bridle will 

 be found to be by far the best means of management, and becomes 

 the foundation of 

 success in the 

 breaking of double 

 balkers, as shown 

 under that head, 

 making it a very 

 easy matter now to 

 control such cases: 



I would call par- 

 ticular attention to 

 the fact that the 

 .cord must be put 

 just at the point on 

 _the head, back of 

 the ears, where the 

 halter or bridle 

 rests. If by chance 

 it should be placed 

 three or four of more jnches back, as shown in Fig. 118, the secret, of 

 its power will be lost. 



' Putting this part over the head about half way back on the 

 neck,, drawing down tightly with the hand, or tying moderately 

 tight, as shown in Fig. 119, will be found all that will be required in 

 the control of all ordinary cases bad to bridle, handle top of head, 

 harness, etc. If tied down, it should not be kept so at longest more 

 than a minute or two. 



The Double-Draw Hitch Form. 



This gives nearly three times the power of the ordinary forms 

 of the War Bridle. It can be changed or modified in two or three 

 Ways, as may be necessary, and is a very practical and valuable 

 means of control. I may mention here, that this has been the prin- 



. Fig. 118. — Cord too far Back on ihe Neck, with Loop on the 

 ' Lower Jaw too Large. Will not Work. 



