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his shoulders he will try to step : then let him have his 

 foot, and he will go right along. If you want to break 

 a horse from baulking that has long been in that habit, 

 you ought to set apart a half-day for that purpose. Put 

 him by the side of some steady horse; have driving 

 reins on them ; tie up all the traces and straps, so that 

 there will be nothing to excite them ; do not rein them 

 up, but let them have their heads loose. Walk them 

 about together for some time as slowly and lazily as pos- 

 sible ; stop often, and go up to your baulky horse and 

 gentle him. Do not take any whip about him, or do 

 anything to excite him, but keep him just as quiet as 

 you can. He will soon learn to start off at the word, 

 and stop whenever you tell him. 



As soon as he performs rightly, hitch him in an 

 empty waggon ; have it standing hi a favourable position 

 for starting. It would be well to shorten the trace-chain 

 behind the steady horse, so that, if it is necessary, he 

 can take the weight of the waggon the first time you 

 start them. Do not drive more than a few rods at first; 

 watch your jibbing horse closely, and if you see that he 

 is getting excited, stop him before he stops of his own 

 accord, caress him a little, and start again. As soon as 

 they go well, drive them over a small hill a few times, 

 and then over a larger one, occasionally adding a little 

 load. Th'.s process will make any horse true to pull. 



The following anecdote from Scrutator's " Horses and 

 Hounds," illustrates the soundness of Mr. Earey's sys- 

 tem : " A gentleman in our neighbourhood having pur- 

 chased a very fine carnage horse, at a high price, was 

 not a little annoyed, upon trial, to find that he would 

 not pull an ounce, and when the whip was applied he 

 began plunging and kicking. After one or two trials 

 the coachman declared he could do nothing with him, 



