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Fig. 275.— First Method of Making a 



Horse Stand in Harness without 



Hitching. 



Running Back in the Stall when Unhitched. 



For ordinary cases of running back in the stall when unhitched, 

 tie a little longer than for halter-pulling ; then untie the halter, and 



the horse will run back to the point of 

 being disabled and hurt. This, will 

 cause him to jump ahead. Repeat, at 

 each time tying a little longer, until 

 the nose will come on a line with the 

 back end of a stall, when he should 

 be hit sharply across the nose until 

 he jumps ahead. This will in a short 

 time make him afraid to run back. 

 As a precaution, it is advisable, the 

 next time he is unhitched, to have 

 a cord on, so that should he try to 

 run" back he could be caught by the cord attachment and punished 

 as before. 



Whenever I had a particularly bad case of this kind, I hitched 

 the horse as before explained, but with the cord or rope so long that 

 when he went back it let the nose come just outside the stall. I 

 would then stand outside, while some one unhitched him, or made 

 him go back. The moment he went the length of the cord, he was 



stopped with a jerk, 

 when I stood ready 

 to punish him by hit- 

 ting him across the 

 tip of the nose once 

 or twice, causing 

 him to jump ahead- 

 A few repetitions of 

 this would make him 

 so afraid he could 

 not be made to go 

 back. I have at dif- 

 ferent times created 

 considerable amuse- 

 ment in the manage- 

 ment of these casts, 

 by making it impossible for the owner, after 

 the experiment, to back the horse out of the stall. Treated in this 

 way, the management of these cases, is easy and simple. 



Fig. 276.— Second Method of 



Making a Horse Stand without 



being Hitched. 



Fig. 277.— How to Hitch ■ 



Horse to a Tree or Smooth 



Post so that the Strap or 



Cord will not Untie or 



Slip Down. 



