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 . Answer* Sew a piece of leather about fiv inches square on eachiide of the halter, letting it come down even with his mouth; whenhe reaches down to grab the blanket he will have to chew the leather, stall ? How would you keep a horse from getting cast in Answer. Put on the horse a halter; sew a ring in the halter overthe horses head; on top of the stall drive a st
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 . Answer* Sew a piece of leather about fiv inches square on eachiide of the halter, letting it come down even with his mouth; whenhe reaches down to grab the blanket he will have to chew the leather, stall ? How would you keep a horse from getting cast in Answer. Put on the horse a halter; sew a ring in the halter overthe horses head; on top of the stall drive a staple and ring; atthe side of the stall drive another staple and ring, take a ropeten feet long with a driving snap threaded into ona end of it;feed your horse from the floor with a manger of oats. When — ITS — yonr horses head is down, snap this rope into the ring on top olthe halter and pass up through ring over his head, throughring on side of the stall and hang a weight there ; that wftltake up the slack of the rope the moment that he raises hishead. Hitch him in this way only ; he cannot roll over or getcast in the stall, as you will aee it is impossible for him to turnhis head Question, What do you think of grooming a horse f Answer. When you are grooming a horse you must remem-ber that horses are like people, some have a very thin skin andare very tender. One-half of the grooms of to-day when using theircurry-combs and brush, bear on with the curry-comb as hard aspossible, the result is that a thin skinned horse cannot and willnot stand it. I have seen many high-bred horses, trotters andrunners, that have been made vicious biters and strikers, causedby ignorant grooming. Now when you find a horse that has avery thin skin run the crry-comb over him light and easy andsoft as possible, getting most of the dust out with a good bnish, — 174 — using directly after the brush straw, and rub him thoroughlywith it; then use a rubbing cloth, which will put on a poli
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