KICKING. 



CHAPTER III. 



I shall first give some of the causes of horses 

 starting in the habit of kicking. Because a horse kicks 

 is no reason to think he is naturally bad or unmanage- 

 able. I claim that there is no horse naturally vicious. 

 They are always made that way by bad management' 

 i>r ignorant trainers. Of course, I will admit that some 

 liorses inherit to some extent the disposition and even 

 inclination to have the ways of their ancestors. But 

 we should never undertake to break a horse without 

 first taking into consideration his nature, disposition 

 and understanding. For instance, if we have a colt 

 that has been badly bred, has long ears, (hairy inside,) 

 narrow between the eyes, and dished below the eyes, 

 we know that w^e have a bad dispositioned colt. Xow, 

 if we handle it according to its bad disposition, we can 

 get it very nearly on an equal with a good dispositioned 

 horse, all the difference being in the management and 

 training of the colt. Eemember it will require much 



