84 The Grooms Guide 



Kicking in Harness. 



This is one of the worst forms of vice 

 that a horse can have, and it is frequently 

 associated with the ' Runaway.' Some 

 kickers in harness become expert gig- 

 smashers seemingly taking a delight in 

 rapping away at the machine until it is 

 practically a wreck, then after the destruc- 

 tion, probably the animal * bolts.' We 

 have known and driven horses of this 

 type, but trust that we may never have a 

 repetition of such unpleasurable excite- 

 ment. 



Any horse having acquired tricks of 

 this nature is absolutely unsafe, because 

 one can never tell the moment when it 

 may break out again. 



Provocation does not appear needful to 

 remind an inveterate kicker in harness of 



