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some difficulty may be experienced, and the driver should 
be ready for any trouble that may come up. Good single 
drivers are only obtained after a thorough education. 
This education requires the training to all kinds of sights, 
and the development of a good mouth so that he will carry 
the lines and travel in a free manner. 
BREAKING SADDLERS 
Some persons prefer to break a horse to ride even though 
he may never be intended for a saddle horse. The object 
of this is to gain complete mastery over the animal with 
less trouble and risk than with other methods. No 
outfit is needed other than a saddle, bridle, and spurs, 
which are obtainable on any farm. After the horse is 
thoroughly gentled and broken to lead, he should be accus- 
tomed to the bridle and saddle in the same way as when 
broken for single driver. The saddle should be put on 
and taken off several times, cinched up and uncinched. 
Working with the horse for twenty or thirty minutes in 
this way will accomplish much. One should then put his 
weight in the stirrups for a few times, getting on and off, 
repeating this several times. The horse should stand for 
a time while the rider is mounted. It should be remem- 
bered at all times that while one is trying to break the 
horse without bucking, he may buck, and then it is the 
rider’s business to stay in the saddle; he must, therefore 
be prepared. The horse may be allowed to move about 
the corral a little, then led away from the barn, always 
turning him toward home before getting on. He will 
walk back to the barnin much the same way as if he were an 
old plow horse. The rider should then turn him the other 
way. This time it is better to have him out in the field, 
