. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. HALTER PULLING. 293 ever, the habit may be easily broken up by the exercise of a little care and patience. For this purpose we use an ordinary rope halter, with a lead long enough to pass through the halter-ring then back between the fore legs and under a surcingle, and tie with a slip-knot to one of the hind feet; be careful that the halter ring is strong enough to resist the pull; now put him back, and as he pulls, the ha
. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. HALTER PULLING. 293 ever, the habit may be easily broken up by the exercise of a little care and patience. For this purpose we use an ordinary rope halter, with a lead long enough to pass through the halter-ring then back between the fore legs and under a surcingle, and tie with a slip-knot to one of the hind feet; be careful that the halter ring is strong enough to resist the pull; now put him back, and as he pulls, the halter draws both ways, upon the head and on the hind foot; he rarely makes more than iwo or three attempts to pull back. You may now approach him, and try your bf-st to set him back, whip him over the nose, throw your hat in his face, a buffalo, or any other object which he may fear, and all will fail to set him back; repeat this a few times, and he will give up the habit. When in harness it is not safe to hitch him thus, as it gives him an opportunity to pull himself down ; it is, therefore, better to tie the halter around the body, back of the shoulders, instead of tying it to the foot; if he pulls. PULLING ON THE HALTEH. now, he pulls against his fore arms, but it does not take him off his feet. Another plan is to tie a knot in the tail so that it will not slip, then divide the hairs in the middle above the knot, and pass the end of the halter through the opening and tie it, so that when he pulls it brings the tail between the hind leps; thus fixed he pulls upon his head and tail. Either of these plans will effectually break up the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gleason, Oliver W. Paris, Ont. : J. S. Brown
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