time you are compelled to tie him and leave him 

 alone, as you do not know when he will break the 

 hitchmg-strap and run away. On such horses I 

 have used the following method with great suc- 

 cess : Place on your horse a strong halter. Take 

 a rope about 15 feet long; throw one end over the 

 horse's back, reach under his body and take hold 

 of the end of the rope and pull it towards you. 

 Make a slip-knot in the end. Take the other end 

 of the rope and pass it through the slip-knot and 

 then between the front legs and up through the 

 chin-strap of halter. Push the rope that is around 

 the horse's body back to the hips as far as possi- 

 ble, with the slip-knot under his body. Draw it up 

 a trifle, but not too tight, as the horse may jump. 

 After you have this completed, tie the horse to a 

 stout post. Take paper, umbrellas, flags, tin pans, 

 etc., and shake them in front of the horse. Sud- 

 denly compel him to pull back. Do not hurt your 

 horse with the objects you use to frighten him. 

 You will find the moment he pulls back the loop 

 that is around his body will tighten up. The horse 

 will feel this probably quicker than the man who 

 is operating on him finds it out. When he finds 

 that something hurts him when he pulls back he 

 will go forward, and he will almost climb the 

 hitching-post in order to get relief. 



Continue this lesson until he stops pulling 

 back, and repeat it two or three times a day for 

 six days. If you carry out the above properly and 

 are very firm with your horse, you are bound to 

 break the horse from pulling back. » 



Another Easy Method to Keep the Horse from 

 Pulling Back. 



Take a small cotton rope about 10 or 12 feer 

 in length. Fasten a metal ring about a foot from 



