EDUCATING THE HORSE, 28 1 



TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO KICK WHILE 

 IN SHAFTS, 



Horses are quite often educated to kick in 

 harness as well as out and almost numberless 

 accidents have been caused by this vicious and 

 bad habit. Men are found reckless enough to 

 tantalize their horse with a whip and sometimes 

 punch him with a stick, regardless of conse- 

 quences. The result, in most cases, is that the 

 animal becomes a kicker, and the habit when once 

 formed is not easily eradicated by resorting to 

 the old stereotyped method of placing a strap 

 over the horse's rump and buckling to the shafts 

 on each side. This treatment may in time effect 

 the purpose, but it will require months to do so. 

 Laying all others aside, I with confidence say to 

 the reader, if he will but practice the subjoined 

 idea he will find it not only practical but effect- 

 ual, because the punishment is so severe that a 



