CHAPTEE III. 



SPECIAL FORMS OF RESTIVENESS. 



IN the preceding chapter the general method of treat- 

 ing restiveness has been sketched in outline ; what is 

 there put forward will be found applicable to nearly 

 all cases, and also suffice for the cure of most forms of 

 disobedience. There are, however, some others which, 

 in addition, require special methods of treatment, espe- 

 cially when they have become inveterate ; and these are 

 bolting or running away, bucking or plunging, rearing, 

 and kicking. 



Bolting. The first step to be taken is to ascertain 

 why the horse bolts. A nervous and excitable tem- 

 perament is sometimes the cause, and the only remedy 

 will be quiet and judicious treatment. Much more fre- 

 quently, however, bolting is resorted to by horses that 

 have some physical defect or peculiarity of conforma- 

 tion, as a means of avoiding what gives them great pain; 

 in fact, it is frequently rather an effort of despair than 

 anything else, and an evidence that something has been 

 demanded of the animal that was beyond its strength. 



Fig. 7 shows the heads and necks of two runaway 

 horses ; in the one case the animal's nose is poked 

 straight out in the other, the chin comes back so as 

 nearly to touch the breast ; in both it escapes alto- 



