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If the wheels are not high enough to support the frame 

 arms, put an extra piece of scantling on the upper side, 

 and make the mortises or holes high enough to bring the 

 bars where the shafts would come in driving. The simplest 

 way of fastening the horse in the rig is, after he is har- 

 nessed in place, to pass a strap under the body from one bar 

 to the other, another over the body and shoulders, and a 

 third over the hips. 



No matter how vicious- or headstrong a runaway horse 

 may be, the faster and more determinedly he runs in this 

 rig, the sooner he will from necessity become gentle. lie 

 has not the liberty to rear up, throw himself, or kick. If 

 he undertakes to run, he is carried in a circle so rapidly 

 that he becomes comi)letely drunk and dizzy, and would 

 fall helpless if not confined and supported. If sensitive 

 about having the head, neck, or hind parts touched, he can 

 now be handled until he is entirely submissive to it. If 

 he is afraid of an umbrella or robe, they can now be brought 

 around him until he is submissive. If he is afraid of a car- 

 riage-top, open and shut an umbrella before his face, over, 

 and behind him, until he is fearless of it. If afraid of hav- 

 ing the rein caught under the tail, and inclined to run un- 

 der such circumstances, he can now, with entire ease and 

 safety, be made to submit to it. 



Adaptation to Wants. 



It is evident to almost any one that all horses are not 

 alike, and that they cannot all l)e managed in the same 

 way ; that there are great differences in strength, intelli- 

 gence, and disposition. Yet the majority of people seem 

 to entirely overlook these conditions in applying treatment, 



