24 HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY. 



HABITS OP THE HORSE. 



Horses contract habits very easily when im- 

 properly managed, and transmit them to their 

 offspring. 



*' 'Tis easier to prevent than cure." 



Every one at all conversant with the secrets of 

 the stable know how readily habits are contracted 

 by the horse, and the difficulty in breaking up 

 such habits when once contracted, by the ordinary 

 methods. Many habits of the horse, in no way 

 owe their origin to vice, yet are often as trouble- 

 some and dangerous as those which do. 



KICKING IN THE STABLE. 



To break up this dangerous habit, it is only 

 necessary to place the animal in a stall closed at 

 the head, or against a wall, p'^ as to allow him no 



