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gentle ? Is he cold-blooded and persistent, throwing all his 

 energy into kicking at all hazards ? If the first, is the 

 habit the result of fear, and to what degree is the nervous 

 system weakened, or is the case one of a really bad dispo- 

 sition ? If the second class, what is the undercurrent of 

 his nature ? Will he bear pushing while under excitement, 

 or is he one that to warm him up is to excite only to more 

 intense resistance ? 



If he is very sensitive, high strung, kicking mainly from 

 fear, the treatment must be of a char- 

 acter not to heat the blood, excite, 

 or give much freedom, when all 



Fig. 130. — Ideal of sullen, treacherous nature. 



that will be necessary to do Avill be to accustom him to the 

 noise or rattle of the wagon, or bearing contact until fear- 

 less of it. If a headstrong, runaway kicker, especially one 

 that kicks recklessly when touched, a simple course of sub- 

 jection that will force his submission to restraint, will usu- 

 ally be all that is necessary ; when by repeating the les- 

 son in part once or twice the habit can be easily overcome. 

 If a cold-blooded, sulky kicker, or one that kicks only 

 in harness, the habit must be combated directly until un- 

 der control. The cold but courageous, switching kicker, 

 kicking by spells or when excited, will usually submit most 

 readily to simple restraint. To excite or irritate cases of 



