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1. | —Horse bending his neck to the rein without swinging round his hind-quarters at the same time, in answer to the pull | 58 |
2. | —Shews horse having answered the pull of off rein as he should, and consequently coming straight at his fence | 61 |
3. | —The proper length for a standing martingale | 70 |
4. | —First loop in forming a halter | 79 |
5. | —Second step in forming a rope halter | 79 |
6. | —Rope-halter on pole, ready for use | 82 |
7. | —Halting vicious horse with rope-halter on pole | 83 |
8. | —Pratt’s method of haltering | 87 |
9. | —Noosing a fore-leg | 90 |
10. | —Pulling up a fore-leg when noosed | 91 |
11. | —Picking up a fore-leg | 95 |
12. | —How to hold up a fore-leg | 97 |
13. | —Rarey’s leg-strap | 100 |
14. | —Tying up fore-leg with stirrup leather | 101 |
15. | —The best method of fastening up a fore-leg | 103 |
16. | —A stirrup leather as used for holding up a fore-leg | 106 |
17. | —The halter-twitch | 109 |
18. | —DO. DO. | 110 |
19. | —Pratt’s rope-twitch, first portion | 114 |
20. | —Pratt’s twitch completed | 115 |
21. | —Pratt’s twitch on horse’s head, and tightened at word “steady” | 116 |
22. | —Head-stall twitch on horse | 117 |
23. | —The bridle-twitch, front and near-side view | 119 |
24. | —The bridle-twitch, off-side view | 120 |
25. | —The straight-jacket | 122 |
26. | —Horse with straight-jacket on | 123 |
27. | —Picking up a hind-leg | 127 |
28. | —First step in picking up a hind-leg without the assistance of a helper | 130 |
29. | —Second step in picking up a hind-leg without the assistance of a helper | 133 |
30. | —Shewing how to fasten a rope to the end of horse’s tail with a “double sheet bend” | 136 |
31. | —Hind hoof held up by two assistants with rope from tail | 137 |
32. | —Leg pulled back with one rope, a method to be avoided, as throwing the horse off his balance | 139 |
33. | —Mode of fastening a rope to a short tail | 140 |
34. | —Short-tailed horse with ropes attached to tail | 141 |
35. | —Improvised hobble made with a stirrup iron | 144 |
36. | —Wooden gag | 145 |
37. | —Crupper leading rein | 149 |
38. | —Throwing a horse by means of pulling his head round with a rope | 155 |
39. | —Horse with his head pulled round when thrown | 159 |
40. | —Best method of keeping a horse on the ground that has fallen in harness | 163 |
41. | —Horse with driving gear on | 168 |
42. | —Horse with driving pad on, new model | 169 |
43. | —Bird’s-eye view of position of driver | 175 |
44. | —Driving on foot | 184 |
45. | —DO. DO. | 185 |
46. | —Horse prepared to be mounted for the first time | 200 |
47. | —Secong stage in breaking a horse for riding | 201 |
48. | —Pulling kicker’s head round in stall | 253 |
49. | —Tail tied with tapes to prevent horse rubbing it | 257 |
50. | —Commanche bridle, off side | 262 |
51. | —Commanche bridle, near side | 263 |
52. | —The knot on off side of commanche bridle enlarged | 264 |