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pidity of tlie driver, who whips them in his blind rage. 

 But this makes matters worse, the horse gets obsti- 

 nate and the next time he will be sure not to pull at 

 aU. 



If a horse refuses to pull, be kind to him, caress 

 him, allay his excitement by speaking and stroking 

 his neck, and leave the team alone, for ten or fifteen 

 minutes. Then urge them on again, turning the 

 horses a little to the right and left, so as to get them 

 in motion, before they feel the pressure of the load 

 behind them. Drive about twenty paces and stop 

 again, before the balky horse stops on his own ac- 

 count. Then caress and start again. 



In correcting such a horse, it is a good plan to 

 first hitch him with a quiet horse to an empty wagon, 

 tie the traces of the quiet horse a little shorter, so as 

 to cause him to take the load alone at first starting 

 By this means, the excitable horse will become ac- 

 customed to walk by the side of the other horse. 

 You may then hitch both horses equally long, drive 

 up some hill, first with the empty wagon, then with 

 a load on, and you will surely get the horse to pull. 



23 — TO DRIVE WILD HORSES; OR, SUCH OF VICIOUS 

 HABITS, (rAREY.) 



The manipulations are similar to Eockwell's 

 method, described in ^^ Hitching up the colt." Rarey 



