TRAINING OF HORSES. 115 
him not to fear them, and that going ahead is the only 
direction for him. These shafts will be found useful in 
many other particulars which will readily suggest them- 
selves. 
There are, of course, many other habits of the horse; 
but a sensible application of the rules we have laid 
down will find a remedy for most if not all of them. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
How TO THROW A HORSE. 
hm easiest and most effbatinal method of throwing 
down a horse, is to strap up the near-side fore-foot; put 
on a surcingle, with a ring fastened to the top of the 
surcingle; tie a half-inch rope around his neck in the 
same manner you would to hitch him by the neck; 
place it up near the throat-latch, with the knot on the 
near-side of the face; pass the rope through the mouth, 
and bring it along his neck on the off-side, and pass it 
through the ring on the back; standing back on the 
near-side, about six or eight feet from the horse, oppo- 
site his near-side hind-leg, drawing the rope sufficiently 
tight to keep it in the mouth. Pull carefully until he 
yields his head a little to the offside; then give a sharp, 
strong pull, and keeping your hold, pull strongly until 
