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front of the eyes, tying the strings to the ends of the 
‘fore-piece, near the rosette, and to the rings at the end of 
the nose-piece, or to the sides of the halter. This gives 
him plenty of liberty to look sideways, but he can not 
look ahead, and so has no confidence to either jump or 
run, and will do neither. This leather is invaluable to 
those having the care of young stallions, or colts to be 
trained for trotters. For instance, if the stallion sees 
a horse in the road and starts for him, he will lose sight 
of him the moment he turns to start in that direction, 
and of course goes no further; if to be trained for a 
trotter, by the use of this leather he never runs, giving 
a better opportunity for the walking and trotting mus- 
cles to be developed. 
' Another.—Tie a strap tothe near fore-foot below the 
fetlock, pass it up under a surcingle around the body, and 
tie the other end to the near hind-foot above the fetlock. 
You will see that, when he attempts to jump a fence, the 
fore-foot is drawn up under him, and as he springs to leave 
the ground the hind-foot will be pulled up, and he will 
inevitably remain in the lot. The value of this plan is 
that it will in most instances eventually cure a horse of 
the habit, so as to render the strap unnecessary. . 
A caution is suggested as a preventive to this habit. 
In transferring horses from one place to another, they 
should not be put in a pasture at once, especially if they 
have been in the habit of having company which they 
leave behind. The affection of the animal for his mates 
will induce the attempt to rejoin them, and he may 
