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of treatment found most convenient and easy to use may be tried 

 until in a general way the horse is made gentle, then carry out your 

 control with the Breaking Bit. A very full explanation of the use 

 of this bit, as applying to these cases, will be found under that head, 

 and should be read carefully. As there stated, there is a great 

 sleight in its use. First get thorough control of the horse in har- 

 ness, so that he will stop immediately, and come back against the 

 poles or anything else. This point must be made at all hazards, and 

 must be made without much working of the mouth, if possible, for 

 fear of making it too tender. After he will stop and start, start him 



Fw. 211. — Test often Given by the Author in Proving the Horse's 

 Docility after being Subdued. 



out on a run, and make him stop immediately at command without 

 pulling. 



This point made, then hitch cautiously to poles, or cart, or what- 

 ever is most convenient at hand, and carry out your control as 

 described in Colt-Training. The whole point is to becarefuland 

 thorough. If your horse kicks with y6u once successfully in shafts, 

 you have practically lost all you have gained. This must not be 

 permitted on any condition ; so that the point of real success is to 

 make your groundwork so thorough that when you come to driv- 

 ing in shafts, you are able tb make it with certainty. If you are at 

 all doubtful, resort to any measure by which you can prevent the 

 horse's resisting. The foot-strap will in ordinary cases be your sim- 



