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charge of shot into the body. It did not kill her, and on 

 recovering, she was put to work as usual. It was found 

 afterward that whenever she balked, simply pointing a 

 stick at her was sufficient to make her start at once. 



A horse employed in drawing limestone to a kiln from 

 a quarry close by, w^s in the habit of balking. One day 

 he refused to pull, and, in defiance of the strength of 

 several men who caught and held the wheels to prevent the 

 accident, backed over the precipice, falling about thirty 

 feet. The cart was broken to pieces, but the horse escaped 

 with slight injury. He was put to work as usual, but was 

 never known to balk there afterward. 



About ten years ago a member of my class gave me 

 the following particulars of a case : He had a mare that 

 would sometimes work well for a week, and then, perhaps, 

 at a critical time would stand stubbornly, resisting all 

 effort to move her. One day while drawing in oats she 

 balked. After working with her a long while, he resolved 

 that she should 0:0 or starve. He drove a stake down in 

 the ground, and tied her to it ; then putting a sheaf of 

 oats a few rods distant he went off. This was at ten 

 o'clock in the morning. About five o'clock, he returned 

 and tried to start her, but she would not go. He tied her 

 again to the post, and let her stand until morning. Then 

 he unhitched her, took the reins and tried to start her, but 

 she would not pull. During the afternoon, he tried her 

 again, when she went. Upon reaching the sheaf of oats, he 

 let her eat it. He now drove her home, unharnessed and 

 fed her, then put her to work. She worked all right for a 

 few days, and then balked again. This time he let her 

 stand forty-eight hours, then fed her, when upon trial, 

 she went all right, and he kept her at work. She never 

 balked afterward. 



Another man of much tact with horses informed me 



