. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. lf over backward andstrike this part on a hub or stone,he is very liable to be instantlykilled. At the front part of theatlas bone, or the first of the cer-vical vertebrae, where it articulates into the occipital bone orback of the head, about an inchof the spinal cord is not coveredwith bone. If a knife or othersharp instrument were drivendown at this point sufficient topenetrate it, it would cause in-stant death. Now, by bringinggentle but firm pressure uponthis part, we have, if prope
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. lf over backward andstrike this part on a hub or stone,he is very liable to be instantlykilled. At the front part of theatlas bone, or the first of the cer-vical vertebrae, where it articulates into the occipital bone orback of the head, about an inchof the spinal cord is not coveredwith bone. If a knife or othersharp instrument were drivendown at this point sufficient topenetrate it, it would cause in-stant death. Now, by bringinggentle but firm pressure uponthis part, we have, if properlyused, a very powerful and val-uable method of subjection, andone which is singularly adapted, when necessary, to supplementthe other methods of treatment. It is, however, like the othermethods, especially adapted for a certain class of disposition andhabit, not unfrequently making it easy to subdue horses upon whichthe other methods have failed, such as nervous-tempered, cour-ageous, strong, wild horses that will not bear excitement or anyform of treatment that would permit heating the blood. It Fig. 96, -Method of Applying the Cord to Puton Pressure. 72 METHODS OF SUBJECTIOX
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