Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . m The above engraving illustrates a soldier shooting off his gun overthe horses back, and when giving the horse his first lesson in thinpart of his education, use the Gleason Bridle, and you always haveyour horse under control, for when he steps or moves while you aredischarging your weapon, by simply tightening up on the rope orstrap and commanding him to stand, he will beco
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . m The above engraving illustrates a soldier shooting off his gun overthe horses back, and when giving the horse his first lesson in thinpart of his education, use the Gleason Bridle, and you always haveyour horse under control, for when he steps or moves while you aredischarging your weapon, by simply tightening up on the rope orstrap and commanding him to stand, he will become accustomed toit, so that he will soon pay no attention to the report. Give himtwo lessons a day for one week, and you will soon have an animalthat you can discharge a cannon over his back and he will take nonotice of it. -104-. * The above engraving illustrates the manner of branding a hora%showing where the brand should be placed, and which should beregulated by a law of the United States. Parties owning rancheswhere branding is necessary, should brand the horse on the left hindfoot, and that brand should be registered. I recommend that theUnited States Government adopt this method in branding its horses. Question. How would you handle a wild mustang ? Answer. In handling a wild mustang or any wild vicious horse,many times they are so dangerous that it is impossible to approachthem with safety. • I will lay down <* rule to handle a wild and viciousmustang or western bronco. Take a half-inch rope fifty feet long,make a slip noose in one end of it, lay this on the ground, making alarge loop about three and one-half feet across it, then lead thebronco into it, his front feet standing in the loop, as seen in theabove engraving. The moment that he gets into the rope pullthe rope, which will bring his two fr
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