EDUCATING THE HORSE. 343 



TO EDUCATE A TENDER-MOUTHED HORSE 

 TO PULL ON THE BIT. 



Many horses are very sensitive to a hurt in 

 any part of the body, so much so that they often 

 grow frantic when severely punished, and it 

 seems to be the delight of some persons to 

 inflict injury to a horse of this temperament, 

 sometimes with a view to make him rear or 

 prance about, believing it adds to the appear- 

 ance of the animal, when the contrary is the fact ; 

 a bad habit is almost sure to grow out of such 

 treatment, and then it may take some time to 

 eradicate it. One of the evils often presented is 

 that the animal becomes tender-mouthed, and I 

 have known many cases where balking has been 

 the result. Let me urge the reader never to 

 jerk sharply on the bit, except when educating 

 or correcting a habit, as heretofore directed. 



