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around the horse's neck, get the size, tie your bowline 

 knot, and slip it over the head well down toward the 

 shoulder; then take hold of the cord below, pass it through 

 the loop, between the neck and cord, and place the run- 

 ning loop into his mouth, just as for bitting ; then at- 

 tach the long foot strap to the ankle of the inside forward 

 foot, carry the other end back between the girth and body, 

 into the wagon ; also your cord. Get some friend to ride 

 with you the first time, he driving the team, you handling 

 the cord and foot strap. If the horse attemps to kick, take his 

 foot from him — give him a sudden pull with the cord. We 

 have broken some of the worst kind in a very few days by 

 adopting this plan. You have a powerful controlling influ- 

 ence over them, as they can neither run nor kick. Try it. 



HOW TO USE A BALKY HOUSE. 



If ever we felt that the horse deserved the philanthropic 

 sympathy of man, it has been when we have seen a man, 

 ignorant and brutal in his own nature, trying to move a 

 balky horse. We shall have been amply repaid, and shall 

 have certainly given every one who buys this book a rich 

 equivalent for his money, if you are led to a more civilized 

 mode of treatment by its perusal. We are to remember 

 that balking is an acquired habit, and not from any disincli- 

 nation on his part to pull. We know that some men will 

 take the very best pulling horse, and in a short time make 

 him balky, simply from mis-management. It is not the dull, 

 indolent horse which balks, but the high-spirited and fiery 

 horse of blood and mettle ; this is so, because those who 

 undertake to drive them do not understand them. Notice 

 which horse of a team it is that balks, and you will find it 

 to be the one of the highest mettle. He hears the com- 

 mand to go, and, being more ready to obey than the other, 



