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can kick and plunge to his heart's con- 

 tent till he tires ; he will hurt neither 

 himself nor you, and it settles him 

 splendidly. I made a good boy of that 

 grey from Burrough at this game before 

 I put him in my brake. Give them one 

 or two doses per day as the disease 

 varies. Mind their shoulders, though ; 

 nothing creates nappiness so quickly as 

 asking them to face pinched shoulders. 

 If young horses seem naturally averse to 

 facing a collar (or are collar-proud, as it 

 is termed), it is a good plan to line them 

 well in harness, with the collar fastened 

 tight to the breech-band, and a pair of 

 imaginary shafts in the shape of two 

 poles tied to his sides. 



The American half-bred mustangs 

 they brought over in considerable quan- 

 tities a few years ago were most antago- 

 nistic to harness. I broke several out 



