210 KICKING.— ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



hitched to a wagon without breeching, starting and stop- 

 ping him by word of command while ten rods distant. This 

 was the means of making me a large class there. 



This horse was nine years old, half mustang and half 

 thoroughbred. He was of medium size, strong and com- 

 pact in form. His owner, who had the reputation of being 

 one of the best horsemen in that part of the State, told me 

 he never had a horse before that he could not break, but 

 this one defied his utmost effort, — in fact, he never saw 

 such a horse before. 



The Third Method would have enabled the easy man- 

 agement of this case. The method of treatment should 

 have been about as follows : When subjected to pressure 

 he should have been put in shafts or poles and made to move, 

 letting the cross-piece strike the quarters; as he submitted, 

 the pressure should have been removed until he could be 

 driven without restraint. If properly carried out, I am 

 confident this course would, as proved in the management 

 of a great many cases of like character, have enabled his 

 easy control in fifteen to thirty or forty minutes. 



The Breaking Rig would also have enabled his easy 

 management. 



I give the particulars of this case mainly to show 

 through what effort much of my success was obtained, as 

 well as to impress more clearly the course of treatment to be 

 pursued. Much of my trouble really arose from ignorance, 

 or in not knowing what to do. In this connection I think 

 it advisable for future reference to make the following ex- 

 planation : I have reminded in the treatment of this case 

 chat the Second Method would not work, because the horse 

 would not turn. I refer to it to show how little I knew 

 about the true principle of carrying out this valuable method 

 of treatment at that time, notwithstanding I invented it, and 

 had practiced it for over ten years with great success. The 

 treatment by this method should have beei; as follows ;— < 



