78 The House Farrier. 



foot, he will sometimes get very mad, and strike with 

 his knee, and try every possible way to get it down ; 

 but he cannot do that, and will soon give up. 



This will conquer him better than anything you could 

 do, and without any possible danger of hurting himself, 

 or you either, for you can tie up his foot and sit down 

 and look at him until he gets up. When you find that 

 he is conquered, go to him, let down his foot, rub his 

 leg with your hand, and let him rest a little, then put 

 it up again. Repeat this a few times, always putting 

 up the same foot, and he will soon learn to travel on 

 three legs so that you can drive him some distance. 

 As soon as he gets a little used to this way of travel- 

 ling, put on your harness, and hitch him to a sulky. 

 If he is the worst kicking horse that ever raised a foot 

 you need not be fearful of his doing any damage while 

 he has one foot up, for he cannot kick, neither can he 

 run fast enough to do any harm. And if he is the 

 wildest horse that ever had harness on, and has run 

 away every time he has been hitched, you can now 

 hitch him in a sulky and drive him as you please. And 

 if he wants to run, you can let him have the lines, and 

 whip too, with perfect safety, for he can go but a slow 

 gait on three legs, and will soon be tired and willing to 

 stop ; only hold him enough to guide him in the right 

 direction, and he will soon be tired, and willing to stop 

 at the word. Thus you will effectually cure him at 

 once of any further notion of running off. Kicking 

 horses have always been the dread of everybody ; you 

 always hear men say, when they speak about a bad 

 horse, " I don't care what he does, so he don't kick." 

 This new method is an effective cure for this worst of 



