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kick the harder; and this will hurt' them still more 

 and make them remember the scrape much longer, 

 and make it still more difficult to persuade them to 

 have any confidence in anything dragging behind 

 them ever after. 



But by this new method you can hitch them to a 

 rattling sulky, plough, waggon, or anything else in its 

 worst shape. They may be frightened at first, but 

 cannot kick or do anything to hurt themselves, and 

 will soon find that you do not intend to hurt them, 

 and then they will not care anything more about it. 

 You can then let down the leg and drive along gently 

 without any further trouble. By this new process a 

 bad kicking horse can be learned to go gentle in 

 harness in a few hours' time. 



ON BALKING. 



Horses know nothing about balking, only as they 

 are brought into it by improper management, and 

 when a horse balks in harness it is generally from 

 some mismanagement, excitement, confusion, or from 

 not knowing how to pull, but seldom from any un- 

 willingness to perform all that he understands. 

 High-spirited, free-going horses are the most sub- 

 ject to balking, and only so because drivers do not 

 properly understand how to manage this kind. A 

 free horse in a team may be so anxious to go, that 

 when he hears the word he will start with a jump, 

 which will not move the load, but give him such a 



