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METHODS OF SUBJECTION. 



cipal secret (for in difficult cases I could not succeed without it) of 

 performing the apparently impossible feat of being able within ten 

 minutes to control so easily any headstrong or lunging stallion, 

 when great power is required, as before referred to. 



First, put on a cord as 

 for First Form of War 

 Bridle ; but instead of 

 bringing the cord down 

 through the loop, bring 

 it from below up ; then 

 pass it over the head 

 and back through the 

 mouth, thence through 

 the loop this forms on 

 the near side. (See Fig. 

 115.) If desired, this can 

 be modified so as to 

 give still greater power 

 by bringing the cord 

 across under the upper 

 lip, instead of through 

 the mouth, or by making 

 another loop over the 

 head in the same man- 



Fig. 119.— Method of Tying Down to Make Horse Submit 

 to be Harnessed, have his Head Handled, etc' 



ner, and by bringing it under the upper lip. 



By experimenting a little with this, it will be found to increase 

 the power wonderfully. A horse so stubborn and sullen that he can 

 hardly be moved or seem to be in- 

 fluenced by the First Form, can be 

 lifted almost bodily out of his tracks 

 by this, giving all the power neces- 

 sary for making such a horse follow in 

 a few moments. Where a horse is 

 restless, or somewhat unmanageable, 

 such as resisting the feet being taken 

 up, having a blanket thrown over 

 him, the head handled, etc., he can 

 sometimes be made to submit readily 

 by bringing the cord, after the First 

 Form is adjusted, forward under the 

 upper lip and right around over the head, and through the mouth, 

 and holding moderately tight. But it should not be held so more 



Fro. 120.— Manner of Tying. 



