50 TO DRIVE A VICIOUS HORSE. 



the position you want him to carry it, and give him 

 a nice and graceful carriage without hurting him, 

 making him mad, or causing his mouth to get sore. 



If you put the bitting on very tight the first time, 

 he cannot raise his head enough to loosen it, but will 

 bear on it all the time, and paw, sweat, and throw 

 himself. Many horses have been killed by falling 

 backward with the bitting on; their heads being 

 drawn up strike the ground with the whole weight 

 of the body. Horses that have their heads drawn 

 up tightly should not have the bitting on more than 

 fifteen or twenty minutes at a time. 



HOW TO DRIYE A HORSE THAT IS VERY WILD AND 

 HAS ANY VICIOUS HABITS. 



Take up one fore foot and bend his knee till his 

 hoof is bottom upwards, and nearly touching his 

 body ; then slip a loop over his knee, and up until it 

 comes above the pastern joint, to keep it up, being 

 careful to draw the loop together between the hoof 

 and pastern joint with a second strap of some kind 

 to prevent the loop from slipping down and coming 

 off. This will leave the horse standing on three 

 legs ; you can now handle him as you wish, for it is 

 utterly impossible for him to kick in this position. 

 There is something in this operation of taking up 

 one foot that conquers a horse quicker and better 

 than anything else you can do to him. There is no 

 process in the world equal to, it to break a kicking 



