. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . umstances : In 1861, when in Hen-derson, Jefferson Co., N. ¥., a half-witted fellow offered toinstruct me how to drive any kicking, runaway horse. Hesaid, Bring the center of a slender rope of sufficient lengthto the top of the horses head, and pass the ends downthrough the rings on each side of the bit, and thence backinto the wagon as reins. I afterward used this means ofcontrol and found it would work well in some cases, thoughnot in all. I gave the idea to a man named Hartman, inLancaster, Pa., who modified it into what was afterwardknown as
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . umstances : In 1861, when in Hen-derson, Jefferson Co., N. ¥., a half-witted fellow offered toinstruct me how to drive any kicking, runaway horse. Hesaid, Bring the center of a slender rope of sufficient lengthto the top of the horses head, and pass the ends downthrough the rings on each side of the bit, and thence backinto the wagon as reins. I afterward used this means ofcontrol and found it would work well in some cases, thoughnot in all. I gave the idea to a man named Hartman, inLancaster, Pa., who modified it into what was afterwardknown as the Hartman reins, which he patented. A 184 KICKING. great improvement in this for kickers, is to pass the reinsover the hips to the shafts as explained. Checking the head high will sometimes hold in restrainta strong-willed, treacherous horse, that is liable to lungesideways, or pull heavily. It will usually work well whena horse is a little irritable, and simply needs a little restraintto keep him inside the point of resistance, the same as. Fig. 161.—The horse as disabled when there is an effort to kick. the tail-strap acts in preventing .the horse from kicking bykeeping the tail confined and helpless. The simplest andbest way of checking the head high is to pass the check-rein through gag-runners, which should be attached to thehead part of the bridle well up near the ears, and buckleinto an extra bit, which is to be held up against the roofof the mouth by means of a strap passing over the form of checking the head up and back will be foundvery effective. A common method in use years ago for kickers was to DETAILS OF TEBATMENT. 185
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