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for he cannot kick, neither can he run fast enough to do any 

 harm. And if he is the wildest horse that ever had harness on, 

 and has rnu away every time he has been hitched, you can now 

 hitch him in a sulky, and drive him as you please. If he wants 

 to run, you can let him have the lines, and the whip too, with 

 perfect safety, for, he can go but a slow gait on three legs, and 

 will soon be tired, and willing to stop ; only hold him enough 

 to guide him in the right direction, and he will soon be tired 

 and willing to stop at the word. Thus you will effectually cure 

 him at once of any further notion of running off. Kicking 

 horses have always been the dread of everybody ; but by this 

 new method you can harness them to a rattling sulky, plough, 

 wagon, or anything else in its worst shape. They may be 

 frightened at first, but cannot kick, or do anything to hurt them- 

 selves, and will soon find that you do not intend to hurt them, 

 and then they will not care anything more about it. You can 

 then let down the leg and drive along gently without any further 

 trouble. By this new process a bad kicking horse can be taught 

 to go gentle in harness in a few hours' time. 



How TO Make a Horse lie down. — To make a horse lie 

 down, bend his left fore-leg and slip a loop over it, so that he 

 cannot get it down. Then put a surcingle round his bod}^, and 

 fasten one end of a long strap around the other fore-leg, just 

 above the hoof. Place the other end under the before-described 

 surcingle, so as to keep the strap in the right direction ; take 

 a short hold of it with your right hand ; stand on the left side 

 of the horse, grasp the bit in your left hand, pull steadily on the 

 strap with your right ; bear against his shoulder till you cause 

 him to move. As soon as he lifts his weight, your pulling will 

 raise the other foot, and he will have to come on his knees. 

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