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must yield to superior power. This you can do best with 

 the use of my surcingle. 



It must be remembered this is a vice foremost in point 

 of dano^er. A vicious kickinsJ^ horse is more dano^erous 



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than one possessing any other vice. If your horse is a 

 little nervous, lay him down with your surcingle, and 

 gently harness him as though he were ever so kind. Then 

 put on the Eureka Safety Bridle, as demonstrated before 

 the class. Your horse is in just the right position. Have 

 no fear, for you can drive any kicking or runaway horse 

 with it anywhere you please. If he attempts to raise his 

 quarters, he throws his head violently into the air, and 

 can do no harm ; it has a peculiar advantage over him, 

 for it does not hinder the traveling, as there is nothing 

 attached to his feet, and all you have to attend to is your 

 lines. Drive him in that manner for a few days, after 

 which remove it, and your horse is effectually broken of 

 the vice. (See Fig. 8;) 



HOW TO HATf DLE A KIOKIITa HORSE IN 

 DOUBLE HARlNrESS. 



In handling a kicking horse in double harness you can 

 virtually adopt the same plan as recommended in single 

 harness. Hitch him to pole by the side of a well broken 

 horse ; procure a heavy wagon shaft, with a bow at the 

 butt, the same as for a carriage. Step to the side of your 

 horse, pass the small end through the tug-strap (as in 

 single harness) turning it sidewise, then carry the point 

 of the crooked end under the end of the evener, leaving 

 a lap of some four inches, and make fast with two half- 

 inch bolts, bend projecting outward, after which procure 

 a strap four and a half or five feet long (according to size 



