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tempt to bite you, discharge the revolver directly in front of him, 

 which frightens the animal and gives him such a sudden shock that 

 it makes him afraid to bite you. All vicious^ biting stallions should 

 be watched closely, and never trusted, as I believe an old biting 

 horse can never be broken of the habit so everybody can handle him. 



Question. How do you educate a bad shier ? 



Answer, In educating a bad shier I put on my double safety 

 strap, which is a surcingle, around his body, a strap buckled around 

 each front foot below each fetlock joint, then tal^e a strap twenty 

 feet long, tie one end of that strap into ring on nigh front limb, 

 bring over surcingle under the horse's body down to ring on off 

 front limb, back over the ring in the surcingle. Put on open bridle 

 and straight bar bit, run the lines through ring on side of surcingle, 

 then take and teach the horse the word "whoa" thoroughly, to "get 

 up" by word of command and to back by word of command ; then 

 throw papers at him, blankets, buffalo robes ; roll barrels around 

 him, wave flags over his head. If he makes any attempt to get away 

 pull your safety strap and bring him to both knees and hold him 

 there. As soon as he becomes quiet let him up on his feet ; crack 

 the whip around him, and in fact give him to thoroughly understand 

 that these objects are perfectly harmless. After giving the horse 

 two lessons he is ready to drive on the street. 



Question. How would you educate a bad runaway horse ? 

 A?is7iier. The same treatment as a bad shier, only more severe. 



Questio7i. How would you educate and break a horse from run- 

 ning backwards with a wagon ? 



Answer. Put on my double safety strap, harness your horse up 

 to the wagon, get into the wagon, take the lines in the right hand 

 and the safety rope in the left ; you say "back" to the horse. When 

 he has backed as far as you wish him to, say "whoa," and pull the 

 safety rope, which prevents him from backing any further. After 

 giving three or four lessons in this manner the horse will under- 

 stand what you mean by "back," and when you say "whoa" will 

 immediately stop. 



