146 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



and the author's method of curing it was nothing else 

 than the free use of the whip and some practice in 

 driving it in long reins out of harness. It afterwards 

 ]:)ecame a beautiful free working animal, a result 

 which was no doubt, in a great measure due to the 

 fact that it was kept hard at regular work. 



In dealing with this kind of vice the free use of a 

 stout whip is of special value. In our experience 

 no permanent good can be done without its unstinted 

 application. Of course it must be applied with 

 discretion and not for instance in such a way as to 

 start or turn the animal. For the purpose of breaking 

 a jibber in harness, then, you cannot do better than 

 provide yourself with a whip and set to driving the 

 recalcitrant animal with the long reins. This should 

 be continued, say, for a week or so, during which time 

 you will put him through the usual evolutions, circling 

 him to the left and then to the right ; backing him, 

 and all the time making good use of the voice, employ- 

 ing such words as "Go on," " Back," " Stand," and 

 the usual phrases spoken under the circumstances. 

 Should he at any time refuse to move, then strap 

 up one of the fore legs, and, having done this, fix 

 a rope on his tail, so that an assistant can pull 



