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sary; a foot or two above the horse's head is all 

 that is needed. The ring should be well forward 

 of the head of the stall and the rope just long 

 enough to permit the horse to lie down. If placed 

 immediately over his head, it will allow him to 

 back too far out of his stall, where he may kick 

 his neighbors or otherwise get into mischief. 



Another good way is to have a long rope on the 

 halter and have the hitching-ring exactly in the 

 middle of the front of the stall, pretty high up. 

 Carry the end of the rope through the ring back 

 between the horse's fore legs and tie it rather 

 tightly around his body, having the knot exactly 

 underneath. He will not pull back many times 

 with this arrangement. But while an excellent 

 lesson to the horse is thus administered, the 

 method is not very convenient for regular use and 

 the single strong halter-rope, tied high, as recom- 

 mended above, is more satisfactory as a steady 

 thing. 



KICKING IN THE STALL 



If the horse is vicious and kicks at any one who 

 attempts to enter his stall, he must be subdued and 

 the disposition to kick taken out of him by the 

 methods recommended for kickers in harness. But 

 if, as is more often the case, he has simply formed 



