70 DRIVING. 



or other means of restraint available, and an animal 

 seems disposed to persist in kicking, the driver, retain- 

 ing his seat, should direct some one to hold np one of 

 the fore feet (if he finds a difficulty in doing so, doub- 

 ling the knee and tying a handkerchief tightly round it) 

 so as to prevent the foot reaching the ground, which 

 done, the driver may help to unharness, while the other 

 assistant takes hold of the horse's head. 



Shying. — See page 86. 



Riinmcays are frequently checked by sawing the 

 mouth. In such cases, retain your presence of mind, 

 determined to stick to the ship to the last ; if you have 

 the luck to meet with an ascent, that is your time to 

 get a pull. 



A horse that has once run away, especially if, in con- 

 nection with that feat, he has met wdth any noisy dis- 

 aster or breakage, is never, as long as he lives, safe to 

 drive again. It only remains for his owner to use 

 humanity and judgment in disposing of him. 



Sfuhhorn horses, or jibbers, in single harness. — On 

 the first appearance of this disposition at starting, the 

 neck should be examined, to discover whether the fit 

 may not have been occasioned by indisposition to work 

 against an ill-fitting or dirty collar, which may have 

 produced abrasion or tenderness of the skin under it 

 (see page 61). If the unpleasantness proceed from 

 innate stubbornness in the brute, and simple means 

 do not succeed in single harness, place him in double 

 harness, beside a well-tempered, good worker, that will 

 drag him away, starting down-hill. In this manner 

 the habit, if not confirmed, will be overcome. In ex- 

 treme cases, diff'erent ap})liances have been used with 

 varied success in making the beast move on — such as a 



