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harder you pull on the lines, the tighter the horse 

 will draw his tail towards him, causing the lines 

 to be drawn up to the crupper. If you continue 

 trying to pull the line out from under the tail, the 

 horse will also continue drawing his tail towards 

 him, and it will not be long before there will be a 

 sore spot beneath the tail. In a few days the spot 

 will get very sore, and when the lines touch the 

 sore spot the horse will begin to kick. From that 

 time on when the line gets under the tail you can 

 always look for trouble. 



Now, if the horse should happen to switch 

 his tail over the line, do not be in too great a 

 hurry to pull it out. Instead of pulling, slacken 

 it and let the rein drop down below the tail and 

 pull it over to one side. Then raise your line. If 

 you will practice this when breaking your colt, 

 you will avoid in the future the trouble of break- 

 ing the kicking habit. 



Dimensions for Making Shafts for Breaking 

 Horses, Used by the Author. 



Length of shaft arms from shaft bar, 6 feet 

 9 inches. 



Distance from shaft eye to shaft bar, 25 

 inches. 



Shaft iron, 1 1-4 inches by 3-8 inches, 4 feet 

 iong. 



Size of shaft, 1 5-8 by 2 1-4 inches. 



Size of shaft across bar, 1 5-8 by 2 1-4 inches 



Shaft checks, 3 feet back from end of shaft 

 points. 



Two side braces, 1-2 inch round, 15 inches 

 long instead of shaft T. 



Bolt in shaft bar 4 inches from end. 



Single tree plates on single tree and shaft 

 bar. 





