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whip will affect him as much as the stroke. Do not whip him 

 much, only enough to scare him. But whatever you do, do 

 quickly and with a good deal of fire, but always without anger. 

 If he does right, pat and caress him. If he does wrong, give him 

 the whip. As soon as you have frightened him, so that he will 

 stand up straight and pay some attention to you, approach him 

 again and caress him a good deal more than you whipped him; 

 thus you will excite the two controlling passions of his nature, 

 love and fear; he will love and fear you, too, and as soon as he 

 learns what you recjuire he will obey quickly. 



If the horse is of too mulish a disposition to yield to careful 

 and gentle treatment as here given, you must resort to the several 

 measures recommended for taming vicious horses. 



HOW TO GET A COLT FROM PASTURE. 



Go to the pasture and walk around the whole herd quietly, at 

 such a distance as not to cause them to scare or run. Then ap- 

 proach very slowly; if they stick up their heads and seem to be 

 frightened, wait till they become quiet, so as not to run them 

 before you are close enough to drive them in the direction you 

 want them to go. When you begin to drive do not flourish your 

 arms or halloo, but gently follow them off,, leaving the direction 

 free you wish them to take. Thus taking advantage of their 

 ignorance, you will be able to get them to the pound as easily as 

 the hunter drives the quails into his net. 



KICKING IN STALLS. 



To cure a horse of this habit, juit on the saddle part of a car- 

 riage harness and buckle on tightly. Then take a short strap, 

 with a ring attached, and buckle around the forward foot below 

 the fetlock. To this short strap attach another straj), which bring 

 up and pass through the turret; then return to the foot and run 

 through the ring in the short strap. Then pass over the belly- 

 band and tie to the hind leg, below the fetlock. With this at- 

 tachment on each side, the moment the horse kicks he pulls his 

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