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CHAPTER XIV. 



VICES IN HARNESS. 



Difficult to harness — Difficult to unharness — Getting the tail over 

 the rein and kicking — Hanging against the pole — Jibbing — 

 Kicking — Lying down — Plunging forward at starting — Pulling 

 away from the pole — Undue fear of the whip. 



Dijficult to harness. — Place the trap in the 

 centre of the enclosure, and drive the horse, on 

 foot, with the long reins, all about it, and back 

 him between the shafts, so that he may get 

 accustomed to it. We may then tie up one fore- 

 leg, apply the rope-twitch, and have the horse 

 harnessed by drawing up the cart, while he is kept 

 standing still. After repeating this, once or twice, 

 the leg may be let down, and the harnessing 

 performed as before. After the horse has become 

 quite steady, he may be backed into the shafts. 



