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through the foot strap. Raise your horse's foot 

 up to the surcingle and run the strap through the 

 ring on the surcingle and buckle the ends of the 

 strap together. You will then have your horse 

 standing on three legs. Have a good halter and 

 rope placed on your horse's head so he cannot get 

 away from you. Tie your horse to a strong post, 

 and hang on the surcingle sleigh bells, flags, tin 

 pans, loose bundles of papers, and whatever you 

 think will frighten the horse. Let him stand with 

 these objects on him until he is perfectly satisfied 

 that they are harmless. 



Educating the Horse to Stand Until You are 

 in the Buggy. 



T find in my travels throughout the country 

 that a number of people have a great amount of 

 trouble in getting their horse to stand until they 

 are in the buggy. To remedy this the best plan to 

 pursue is to hitch the horse to a buggy with an 

 extra strong shaft in it, and with it should be 

 taken a strong rope or a first-class hitching strap, 

 to be tied around the horse's neck, or snap it 

 around under the neck so as not to choke him; 

 pass the rope or strap through the bit ring and 

 tie the rope to a stout post or tree. Don't allow 

 any more than two feet of rope between the tree 

 and the bit. Now, then, take hold of your lines 

 gently and stand beside the buggy. You should 

 then rattle or shake the wheels, and when the 

 animal makes an attempt to start, give him a 

 sudden jerk on the lines, and at the same time 

 command him to stand. The horse being tied, the 

 rope or hitching strap will not allow him to go 

 further than two feet from the spot. After he has 

 become quiet again, step into the buggy very 

 recklessly, and should he happen to start away 



