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liim, and use ihe pole on liis sides, just as the shafts of a carriage 

 )iiiulit strike on them. Do tliis first whilst the horse sees it 

 all, and tlien put on a pair of blinker^, and repeat everything 

 when he cannot see it. 



367. — Aim to do all this without starting the horse to kick, 

 but if the horse is bent on kicking, as mares especially will 

 sometimes be, don't abate one jot of the poling on that account, 

 but rather be careful to do it more thoroughly. Let him do all 

 the kicking you can get out of him, where he can neither hurt 

 himself nor anyone else. This may possibly take a long time, 

 but never so long as it would take to cure him of kicking after 

 he has once hurt himself. 



Why should you put a horse into shafts with wood, iron, and 

 wheels fixed in dangerous proximity to him, thtis giving him an 

 opportunity to run away, or to smash himself and the carriage to 

 pieces, when you can certainly and completely reconcile him to 

 every kind of friction, sight or sound, without running any 

 such risks r A horse that has once run away, or kicked, or hurt 

 himself in harness, is never again the same safe trustworthy 

 horse under all circumstances that he might otherwise have been 

 made. 



