CHAPTER XX. 



HOME MADE, BUT VALUABLE CART. 



This home made but very valuable cart (see cut No. 32), is made with 

 the hind wheels and axle of a carriage or buggy, and two long poles 

 (young growth hickory, iron-wood or any other tough, springy wood), 

 clipped to the axle, provided with a crossbar and whippletree and a 

 board seat at the rear end, with wedge shaped pieces under the back part 

 to tip the seat forward for easy riding. These shafts should be fourteen 

 feet long, with provision at the ends for the attachment of a strap across 

 from point to point, to prevent the horse in rearing from throwing his 

 front leg over the shaft, as when so provided with this strap the horse's 

 legs striking the strap and he goes no higher. 



A VALUABLE VEHICLE FOR DRIVING COLTS OR UNRULY 

 HORSES. 



This cart makes a very valuable vehicle for driving colts or unruly 

 horses, as they are hitched so far ahead of the wheels that they do but 

 little damage in kicking. If the horse throws himself, no particular in- 

 jury is done, as the shafts are so springy that there is but little danger 

 of breaking and if the horse is inclined to turn around suddenly, he is 

 obliged to make so large a circle that he gets discouraged before he ac- 

 complishes his object. 



A GRAND VEHICLE FOR HANDLING THE RUNAWAY OR 

 KICKER. 



If the horse starts to run away, we have only to let him have his head 

 for an instant and the muscles of his neck will be so relaxed that we can 

 instantly pull (by one rein) his nose to the line ring of the saddle, and 

 he must stop or fall broad-side. 



AN EXCELLENT MEANS FOR EDUCATING THE HORSE TO 

 TURN AROUND. 



If the colt does not answer to the bit in turning around, we should 

 pull gently on the one rein, for the direction desired and raise up on 

 our feet and carry the cart around which will point the colt in the desired 

 direction we wish to go; the long shafts answering as levers to turn him 

 around, showing him that we can turn him with but little efifort and he 

 soon learns what is meant by pulling the bit in his mouth. 



