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the nose will have the desired effect. If you have a 

 bad kicker, he is now ready to hitch to wagon. 

 Draw your wagon up to your horse, pass the ends of 

 the shafts through the lug-straps, hitch your traces 

 and quarter straps the proper length, so in driving 

 your horse, if the wheel of your wagon should drop 

 into a hole on the road, there w^ould be but little 

 play forward and back ; also buckle your girdle 

 short, to prevent your shafts from raising. Now 

 bring the straps that pass from the crotch over the 

 nose, also through the loops on the top of the head, 

 and back through the terrets and ring that is made 

 fast to the "back strap on the top of the hips ; as you 

 pull those straps through the ring, you raise his head 

 as high, or a little higher, than with the ordinary 

 check rein ; on the under side of your shafts and 

 just forward of the cross-bar, drive a one inch square 

 staple ; bring your straps down over the swell of the 

 hips on each side ; pass the ends through the staples 

 from the inside up over the shaft on the outer side, 

 and make them fast ; take hold of your driving reins, 

 get into your wagon and start your kicker along ; 

 have no fears of the final result, for j^ou have your 

 horse perfectly under your control. He can neither 

 run nor kick, and should he make an effort he can 

 do no harm. If he attempts to raise his quarters, 

 he throws his head violently into the air, and the 

 effort will set him to counting stars, instead of kick- 

 ing. 



If, then, he should attempt to run, you have a bit 



