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stick concealed m your hand and wait for him tc 

 nip at you. Then do the same as you would for a 

 horse that bites while cleaning him. For an ex 

 tremely bad biter or man-eater, one that with his 

 mouth wide open will chase you out of the box- 

 stall, it is well to place the horse in a twenty-four 

 foot pen six feet high. Get a thirty-eight calibre 

 revolver. Load it with blank cartridges. Enter 

 the pen with the revolver in the left hand and a 

 good raw hide whip in the right hand. At tb j 

 same time crack the whip in the air, drawing tht 

 horse's attention. If he comes at you with his 

 mouth open, shoot one of the blank cartridges ii 

 the air close to the horse. When he turns his 

 quarters towards you crack him on the hind legs 

 with the whip and say, "Come here!" Now if hr. 

 comes at you wildly and you see that there is nc 

 stop to him, let him have a little of the powder and 

 he will soon stop running at you. When he comes 

 towards you slowly meet him half way, but keep 

 your revolver pointed ahead of you and let him 

 smell the smoke close to the barrel. In a short 

 time you will be able to lead him or handle your 

 horse anywhere without much trouble. Repeat 

 this lesson if necessary until you have your horse 

 under perfect control, 



Another simple method to use on biting 

 horses is an electric battery. Get an electric bat- 

 tery, having some one to assist you in operating 

 it. Stand beside your horse with the ends of th? 

 battery wires in one hand. Rub your horse on the 

 spot that will cause him to bite. When he nips at 

 you, bring the ends of the battery wires towards 

 his nostrils and give him a slight shock, but re- 

 member to be on your guard when the wires touch 

 his nostrils so he cannot kick or strike you when 

 he receives the sudden shock. This is a very sim- 

 ple method to break the horse from biting if it 's 

 carried out properly. 



