. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. d to the end ofthe pole (as explained under the head of Balking), when, if thebalker does not go, the gentle horse jerks him out of his tracks,making it a very easy and effective method of managing a double-balker. The Foot-Strap. On the same principle, a second foot-strap can be used, whenthere will be power to control either one or both feet as may be de-sired. It must be used before the horse gets under much headway,for, if allowed to get under much motion, and then have both forefeet
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. d to the end ofthe pole (as explained under the head of Balking), when, if thebalker does not go, the gentle horse jerks him out of his tracks,making it a very easy and effective method of managing a double-balker. The Foot-Strap. On the same principle, a second foot-strap can be used, whenthere will be power to control either one or both feet as may be de-sired. It must be used before the horse gets under much headway,for, if allowed to get under much motion, and then have both forefeet pulled from under him suddenly, it would throw or tumble himover upon his head. Another objection is that in throwing the horse forcibly uponthe knees, unless the ground is very soft, or the knees well protectedby pads, there is serious danger of having the knees bruised or horse can be very easily ruined in this way ; for, should the syno-vial membrane of the knee-joint be cut through or ruptured, whichcan be easily done, it would surely result in spoiling the horse. 102 AtKTHODS OF Fig. 131.—Foot-strap. Both legs can without difficulty-be pulled from under the horse atthe same time with a single strap,and it would work very well so far asbringing the horse upon his kneesin a soft spot, and disconcerting himwhen moved moderately in harnessonly, and would enable the controlof quite a bad colt, but cannot besafely hazarded when hitched to awagon, and especially if the groundbe at all hard, and the horse is per-mitted to go at all fast, for the rea-son, before explained, of the danger of tumbling the horse over onhis head, and bruising and cutting the knees. If this is attempted,it should be done by the use of two straps. During my early experience, in fact the second colt I used thefoot-strap upon, the owner was elated with the idea that he wasallowed to hitch up his colt, and though entirely manageable, toshow a friend his power he let him out on a sharp t
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