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and step about two feet in front of the horse, 

 then pass the whip between the ears and rub 

 briskly up and down, and at the same time he 

 should talk to the horse, saying he is going to 

 place that crupper underneath the tail. Keep on 

 talking to the horse until the crupper is placed 

 underneath the tail. In talking to the animal you 

 will draw his attention away from his hind quar- 

 ters. 



In this connection I may state that the above 

 plan also works well when bridling a head shier, 

 with the exception of rubbing the whip briskly 

 on the hind legs between the hock and the fet- 

 lock, instead of between the ears as heretofore. 

 The assistant should work the whip the same as 

 a violin player rubs his bow over the strings of 

 the violin. A horse in this connection is some- 

 what like a human being, when the hair are 

 combed there is no thought given the feet. In 

 other words, two different things are not thought 

 of at the same time. It should be remembered 

 that the operator must work on the horse very 

 lightly while placing the bridle on the head, and 

 the crupper underneath the tail, while on the 

 other hand the assistant must exert and make 

 every effort to detract the horse's attention as to 

 what the operator is doing. 



How Some Drivers Cause Their Horses to 



Kick When the Lines get 



Under the Tail. 



In the first place, when you are breaking your 

 colt or horse, try to keep the lines from getting 

 under the tail. If they should happen to get under 

 the tail don't get excited and pull as hard as you 

 can in order to get them from under the tail. The 



