108 THE ART OF TAMING HORSES. 



so as to get them both in motion before they feel the 

 pinch of the load. But if you want to start a team that 

 you are not driving yourself, that has been baulked, 

 fooled, and whipped for some time, go to them and 

 hang the lines on their hames, or fasten them to the 

 waggon, so that they will be perfectly loose ; make the 

 driver and spectators (if there are any) stand off some 

 distance to one side, so as not to attract the attention of 

 the horses ; unloose their check-reins, so that they can 

 get their heads down if they choose; let them stand a 

 few minutes in this condition until you can see that they 

 are a little composed. While they are standing, you 

 should be about their heads, gentling them : it will 

 make them a little more kind, and the spectators will 

 think that you are doing something that they do not 

 understand, and will not learn the secret. When you 

 have them ready to start, stand before them, and, as you 

 seldom have but one baulky horse in a team, get as near 

 in front of him as you can, and, if he is too fast for the 

 other horse, let his nose come against your breast : this 

 will keep him steady, for he will go slow rather than run 

 on you. Turn them gently to the right, without letting 

 them pull on the traces as far as the tongue will let them 

 go : stop them with a kind word, gentle them a little, 

 and then turn them back to the left, by the same process. 

 You will then have them under your control by this 

 time ; and as you turn them again to the right, steady 

 them in the collar, and you can take them where you 

 please. 



There is a quicker process that will generally start a 

 baulky horse, but not so sure. Stand him a little ahead, 

 so that his shoulders will be against the collar, and then 

 take up one of his fore feet in your hand, and let the 

 driver start them, and when the weight comes against 



