TRAINING OF HORSES. 113 
HARD PULLERS. 
Try giving a horse which pulls upon the bit all the 
road he wants and let him go; if he goes too fast, jerk 
up on one line, and then the other, (having a heavy load 
behind him ;) slacken up and let-him go again. If this 
does not answer, drive him with the “ Yankee Bridle,” 
(see Index,) without the rope, attaching the lines to its 
bit, without martingales. We have known several in- 
stances where stage-horses, livery-horses, plow-horses, 
etc., have been temporarily stopped from pulling by 
tying a piece of waxed-end or stout small twine around 
the nose, just above the bit. 
WHEELING AROUND IN HARNESS. = 
Put a horse with this habit in the “ Safety Shafts,” 
heretofore described, (see Figure 19;) wind the front 
iron with a hay or straw rope; tie.a strap into one sta- 
ple, lift up the shafts, and throwing the strap over the 
neck, tie it to the other staple, bringing the shafts up 
high enough to have the front iron come where a breast 
collar should; fasten your stowt breeching-straps well 
forward on the side poles. Now put on “Yankee Bri- 
dle,” (see Indew,) and give him a few pulls; then have 
some object which causes alarm, such as an umbrella, 
hat, ete., brought up in front of him. Hold well on to 
the “Bridle,” and let him examine the article. The 
shafts will keep him from backing or wheeling, and the 
“Bridle” must keep him from going ahead. Then 
drive him up to these objects by the reins, teaching 
