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KICKING. 



Fig. 154. — Ideal of bad character. 



main street of the village, controlled by word of command 

 alone ^vliile eight or ten rods distant. The Hanky Horse, 

 No. 5, Kicking, was perhaps the most marked case. This 

 horse conld not have been driven the first time handled, 



yet by a short repetition of 

 the lesson next day, he was 

 driven without difficulty. 



A great many interesting 

 cases of this character could 

 be referred to if necessary. 

 The important point is not to 

 do too much, yet enough to 

 make the impression necessary 

 to be able to force unconditional submission. Another 

 point : No matter how well a horse may work immediately 

 after being subdued, it should not be accepted as a proof 

 that he is broken. He 

 should be tested carefully 

 when cool and over the 

 excitement. If there is 

 the least indication to re- 

 sistance, the lesson must 

 be repeated until there 

 is certainty of the horse 

 being safe. It is certain 

 that anything short of do- 

 ing enough to make the 

 horse safe, or to over- 

 come the habit, will be likely to result in disastrous fail- 

 ure ; for giving the horse liberty at any stage to fight 

 back, practically destroys all that has been done, by teach- 

 ing him to become cunning and treacherous. Hence the 

 importance of making every step sure to the point of driv- 

 ing, and establishing the impression so thoroughly that no 



Fig. 155. — Sullen nature. 



