220 KICKING.— ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



the simplicity of the treatment by which such a surprising 

 change was accomplished made it seem easy for any ordi- 

 nary man to do the same. 



The greatest average of cases offered for experiment 

 were colts that had become vicious, runaway kickers by 

 bad management, and young stallions that had become so 

 headstrong and impulsive that they could not be con- 

 trolled. Such were the best subjects upon which to illus- 

 trate treatment, rarely requiring more than half to three- 

 quarters of an hour to make them gentle. The treatment 

 for the first-named cases has been so carefully explained 

 under different heads that it need not be referred to far- 

 ther here. But so little reference has been made to this 

 class of stallions that I will, in conclusion, refer to two rep- 

 resentative cases. 



Case 10. — Lima Stallion. 



When at Lima, Indiana, a gentleman informed me that 

 he had a finely-bred stallion, seven years old, that continu- 

 ally got the better of him, and he did not know what to 

 do with him. The horse was intelligent and of beautiful 

 form, but for want of exercise and proper treatment had 

 become so headstrong and impulsive that the owner could 

 do nothing Avith him. " Now," said he, " I do not consider 

 myself a fool with horses. I have handled them all my 

 life and can drive any common horse as well as the aver- 

 age of men ; but I cannot see how it is possible by any 

 reasonable treatment to control such a horse as mine in 

 the short time of twenty or thirty minutes, so that he can 

 be led by the halter, driven to harness, and near other 

 horses and mares without kicking or running away. It is 

 contrary to all reason. I would be afraid to undertake to 

 lead him out, for I know I could not hold him. Why, he 

 has never been harnessed or put in shafts in his life. I 



