TRAINING OF HORSES. 83 
common head-stall the “Overdraw Check.” (See Figure 9.) 
Instead of passing the driving-lines through the martin- 
gales, pass them through the “ Overdraw” gag-runners, 
and thence through the terrets. Have a strap attached 
to the bit, and have a person go ahead of the horse 
about ten feet, with the strap loose, until the horse at- 
tempts to turn, when he will pull up on him. You take 
the lines which pass through the “ Overdraw” gag-run- 
ners, and, standing behind the horse, start him up; then 
jerk upon the lines, saying, “Whoa!” and stop him; 
then, saying “Get up!” you will start him again, and 
repeat the jerk and the stopping. (See Figure 12.) This 
is to be done with considerable energy and activity, 
urging him-with a whip if he refuses to go, and repeating 
until the horse will start and stop at the word of com- 
mand without the use of the lines. Two or three lessons 
will probably be sufficient, when you will place him along- 
side his mate in double harness. Take a small rope, 
about twenty-five or thirty feet in length; fasten the cen- 
tre of the rope to the head-stall, on top of the head, be- 
tween the “Overdraw Check,” which should be already 
on; pass the ends down through the rings of the “ Oyer- 
draw” bit, back up through the gag-runners of the “ Over- 
draw ;” pass them through the terrets, and then through 
a large stout ring which is fastened to a strap that should 
go under the tail in addition and similar to the crouper, 
the ring to be tied down to the back-strap; pass 
the ends down and tie them to the ends of his single 
whiffletree. In this position he may be driven and 
