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to the sbaft-bearers. Be very slow and deliberate about hitch- 

 ing; the longer time you take the better, as a general thing. 

 When you have the shafts placed, shake them slightly, so that 

 he will feel them against each side. As soon as he will beai* 

 them without scaring, fasten your braces, etc., and start him 

 along very slowly. Let one man lead the horse, to keep him 

 gentle, while the other gradually works back with the lines till 

 he can get behind and drive him. After you have driven him 

 in this way a short distance, you can get into the sulky, and all 

 will go right. It is very important to have your horse go gently 

 when you first hitch him. After you have walked him awhile, 

 there is not half so much danger of his scaring. Men do very 

 wrong to jump up behind a horse to drive him as soon as they 

 have him hitched. There are too many things for him to com- 

 prehend all at once. The shafts, the lines, the harness, and the 

 rattling of the sulky, all tend to scare him, and he must be made 

 familiar with them by degrees. If your horse is very wild, one 

 foot had better be put up the first time you drive him. With 

 the leg strapped up, the lighter the gig the better, and four 

 wheels. are better thaa two. 



