6G BALKING. 



for this act. Keason and caiiunon sense should teach 

 him that the horse was willing and anxious to go, but 

 did not know how to start the load. x\nd should he 

 whip him for that? If so, he should whip him again 

 for not knowing how to talk. A man that wants to act 

 with reason should not fly into a passion, but should 

 always think before he strikes. It takes a steady pres- 

 sure against the collar to move a load, and you cannot 

 expect him to act with a steady determined purpose 

 .while you are whipping him. There is hardly one balk- 

 ing horse in five hundred that will pull true from 

 whipping; it is only adding fuel to the fire, and will 

 make him more liable to balk another time. You always 

 see horses that have balked a few times turn their 

 head and look back as soon as they are a little confused. 

 This is because they have been whipped, and are afraid 

 of what is behind them. This is an invariable rule with 

 balky horses, just as much as it is for them to look 

 around at their sides when they have the bots; in either 

 case they are deserving of the same kind of rational 

 treatment. 



When your horse balks, is confused, or wants to 

 start quickly, use kind treatment immediately. Caress 

 him kindly, and if he don't understand at once what 

 you want him to do, he will not be so much excited as 

 to jump ajid do everything wrong through fear. As 



