The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . n it through these holes on top of the bit with apiece of small annealed wire. Shorten the cheek pieces ofthe bridle, so that the bit is drawn well up in the piece of iron is now over the tongue, making it im-possible for the horse to get the tongue over the bit. Keepthis on the bit for two or three weeks, when the horse willbecome habituated to carrying the tongue under the bit andkeeping it in the mouth. The tongue is sometimes, but notoft
The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . n it through these holes on top of the bit with apiece of small annealed wire. Shorten the cheek pieces ofthe bridle, so that the bit is drawn well up in the piece of iron is now over the tongue, making it im-possible for the horse to get the tongue over the bit. Keepthis on the bit for two or three weeks, when the horse willbecome habituated to carrying the tongue under the bit andkeeping it in the mouth. The tongue is sometimes, but notoften put out under the bit, which indicates a confirmedpersistence in the habit, and is sometimes impossible toprevent. The following treatment will work admirably inmost cases, and is the only treatment worth explaining: Get three middling sized bullets and hammer them out toabout an inch and a half in length. Drill a little holethrough the end of each. Tie one to the center of the bitby a little piece of wire through the joint. Attach theothers to the bit about an inch from the center, (one oneach side,) so as to play loosely. (See cut.). When this bit is now in the mouth, these extra arrange-ments will so disconcert the horse that in his struggles toget them out of the way, he will forgot to put the tongueout. JUMPING OVER FENCES. Many farmers assert that this alone is worth the entireexpense of the lesson. Certainly if this will prove so valiia- JUMPING OVER FENCES. 97
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