114 HOW TO JUDGE A HORSE. 



])i(lity of tlie driver, who whips them in his blind rnm'. 

 But this makes matters worse, the horse gets obsti- 

 nate and the next time he will be sure uot to pull at 

 all. 



If a horse refuses to pull, be kind to him, caress 

 him, allay his excitement by speaking and str..king 

 his neck, and leave the tfam alouo, for ton or fifteen 

 minutes. Then urge them on again, turning the 

 horses iilittle to the right and left, so as to got them 

 iu motion, before thoy feel the pressure of the load 

 behind tliora. Drive about twontj' paces and stop 

 again, before the balky horse stops on his own ac- 

 count. Then caress and start again. 



Iu correcting such a liorso, it is a good i>ldn to 

 first hitch him with a quiet horse to an empty wagon, 

 tie tlie traces of the quiet horse a little shorter, so as 

 to cause him to take the load alone at first starting 

 By this means, the excitable horse will become ac- 

 customed to walk by the side of the other horse. 

 You may then hitch both horses equally hmg, drive 

 up some hill, first with the empt}' wagon, then with 

 a load on, and you will surely get the horse to pull. 



23 — TO DiiivE WILD horses; or, such oe vicious 



H.\BITS, (RAREY.) 



The manipulations are similar to Eockweli's 

 method, described iu " Hitching up the colt." Ilan y 



