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kindly, and convincing it that when it kicked" it only 

 hurt itself, through the adjustment of the anti-kicking 

 strap, the Professor had broken the pony of its pro- 

 pensity to kick, and had made a docile, tractable 

 animal of it. 



He gave a breaking-in lesson with the Kirkham 

 sorrel colt, and in five minutes taught this utterly 

 green pony to follow him about, without any kind of 

 bridle, halter or harness. The Professor keeps reiter- 

 ating to his pupils that the horse's nose is-liis fingers, 

 and that to allay his fears or suspicions of any article, 

 let- him rub his nose against it. Also to caress a horse 

 by patting him on the shoulder, not by stroking his 

 nose; and tliat the trainer, or educator, should be easy 

 and gentle in his movements about the horse's head, 

 so as not to arouse his fears and resistance. 



Wednesday evening the Professor gave the Kirk- 

 ham colt a second lesson, teaching him the true mean- 

 ing of "whoa,*' the most abused and misused word 

 applied to horses. "Whoa!'' or "ho," means to stop 

 forward motion, to come to a stand-still when in action, 

 and should never be used for any other purpose. 



Thursday evening the Pullman kicker was given 

 its second lesson and was driven around the tent, 

 hitched to a sulky, with tin cans tied to his tail. 



Dr. J. C. Oldham's mare, which shies at pieces of 

 paper and other objects on the streets, and which is 

 mortally afraid of electric street cars, was given a 

 valuable lesson. She was finally covered ^dth papers 

 thrown all over her, and flaunted in her face, without 



