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what it is; in a few minutes he will stop. This pre- 

 ventive is certainly very inexpensive. 



FOR KICKING IN THE STABLE. 



To prevent horses kicking in the stable, take a piece 

 of elastic the same as is used for a garter or sleeve 

 elastic, and sew an ordinary vest-buckle on one end 

 of it. Buckle this around the horse's hind leg just 

 above the hock-joint. This will cause an unpleasant 

 feeling when he goes to kick, and as he cannot think 

 of that and the kicking at the same time, the kicking 

 will stop. 



TO START A BALKY HORSE. 



I am continually being asked how to move a balky 

 horse. I wish to say that I have never yet seen one, 

 but have seen a great many balky drivers; that is to 

 say, the horse, by bad management on the part of the 

 driver, is educated to balk. Now, when a horse has 

 this habit, in order to break him of it you must first 

 get him under control. After getting the horse to 

 obey every command you give him, hitch him to a 

 light vehicle. If he obeys, reward him; if not, and 

 he does wrong, punish him. After this you can use 

 any treatment that you see fit. I lay down no fixed 

 rule, as there are no two horses that can be handled 

 by the same process. A few lessons given by a man 

 of intelligence will have a great effect. 



HOW TO STOP A RUNAWAY HORSE. 



Next I will explain the manner of stopping a run- 

 away horse by using nothing but a straight bar bit and 

 lines. For instance, your horse starts to run away. 

 Let him do so for a distance of fifty yards; then haul 

 in your lines perfectly tight. When you get ready to 



