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and becomes restless, excited and confused. AVhile if 

 the blinds were off, the horse conld see that you were 

 calm and didn't intend to luirt liiju. If your liorse 

 will not start under ordinary good management, after 

 you have tried kind teacliing and patience to your 

 heart's content, take him out of the shafts, put one 

 ha.nd on the halter, take hold of tlie tail with the 

 other, and whirl him around until he becomes dizzy. 

 If you get dizzy before the horse does, you can make 

 him whirl himself around. Tie a knot in his tail, 

 divide the hair above the knot and run the halter 

 fitrap through and tie in a half hitch knot. Bring the 

 horse's head close to his tail. This causes him to run 

 around in a ring. Keep him whirling tmtil he staggers 

 or nearh' falls down. Pull the end of the strap and 

 reverse the whirling by tying the head and tail together 

 on the opposite side. Then hitch him up quickly and 

 take the lines, ask him to go, and in the majority of 

 cases he will move right off. This has a controlling 

 effect in two ways. In the first place it confuses a 

 horse's ideas, and breaks up his confidence quicker than 

 any process we can subject him to. It also forces him 

 to move; being deficient in his reasoning faculties, he 

 cannot tell the difference in going sideways and straight 

 ahead. Occasionally this method fails; it is best for 

 single balkers. I will give give you a trick that will 



