92 TRAINING OF HORSES. 
down on the neck,) passing it between the forelegs, 
bringing it around the near hind-leg just above the 
hock, and passing it through the portion around the 
neck. This prevents the rope tightening around the 
neck, and gives. you a means of holding the hind-leg, 
which will prove perfectly convincing to the horse that 
he is over-matched. Pull up the hind-leg with one hand 
and on the “ Yankee Bridle” with the other. If time is 
important, you will find it advisable to shoe him while 
thus held, which can be done with a little inconvenience, 
changing the strap as you change legs. Every time 
you do this without hurting him goes to help cure him, 
which can not, however, be done in less than five or six 
days. These same rules will apply to paul though a 
mules are controlled easier. 7 
KICKING ON ATTEMPTS TO ENTER STALL. 
Use a stout halter. Take the ‘“ Yankee Bridle,” (see 
Figure 7,) placed on as usual, except that the rope 
should, in this case, be tied on the offside ring of the 
bit and passed through the nearside ring, and without 
being thrown over the neck. Lead him into as wide a 
stall as convenient, tie the halter-stale rather long, and 
as you come out draw slightly upon the rope of the 
“Yankee Bridle,” bringing the end out with you, and 
hanging it in some handy place. When you have 
occasion to enter or go near the stall, take hold of the 
end of the rope, (see Figure 14 ;) and if the horse kicks 
and squeals, pull up on the rope, being careful not to pull 
