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whip. When it is necessary to whip tlie horse, use a 

 good bow top whip with a good cracker on it, and give 

 him a sharp cut around the hind legs next the body, 

 and speak sharply to him. iSTever give a stroke without 

 accompanying it with the, voice. Your voice and the 

 crack of the whip effects as much as the stroke astonish- 

 es him. Don't whip too much. Just enough to dis- 

 concert and scare him. ISTever whip across the body; 

 a few sharp cuts around the legs will frighten him 

 that he will respect your authority. There are no horses 

 so perfect that they should be driven without a whip 

 in the buggy. It is true that there are a great many 

 horses that require the use of the whip very seldom, but 

 when it is needed, it is needed just as much as if it were 

 iu demand more frequontly. For instance you are 

 driving along the road, and your horse gets scared 

 at a bit of paper or some other o])ject, and he 

 starts backwards, possibly towards a deep ditch. 

 If you liave no whip you have to let him go and 

 take the consequences, if you have a whip you can 

 give him a cut wath it and save a collision. It is always 

 safer to have a whip with you and have your horse un- 

 derstand what whips are made for. But do not abuse 

 your power. I 'have known more flesh whipped off 

 a horse in a day than you could feed on in a week. 



After two years of this kind of experience of hand- 

 ling horses all the time, sometimes having as high as six 

 bad horses at one time, I then felt that my experience 

 and knowledge gained in this way might be worth 

 something to the public; for I think people who use 



