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voice, and turn tliem a little to tlie right or left, so as to 

 get them both in motion before they feel the pinch of the 

 load. But if you want to start a team that you are not 

 driving yourself, that has been baulked, fooled, and \vhi]> 

 ped for some time, go to them and hang the lines on their 

 hames, or fasten them to the wagon, so that they will be 

 perfectly loose ; make the driver and spectators (if there 

 are any) stand off some distance to one side, so as not to 

 attract the attention of the horses ; unloose their check- 

 reins, so that they can get their heads down if they 

 choose ; let them stand a few minutes in this condition 

 until you can see that they are a little composed. While 

 they are standing, you should be about their heads, gent- 

 ling them : it will make them a little more kind, and the 

 spectators will think that you are doing something that 

 they do not understand, and will not learn the secret. 

 When you have them ready to start, stand before them, 

 and, as you seldom have but one baulky horse in a team, 

 get as near in front of him as you can, and, if he is too fast 

 for the other horse, let his nose come against your breast ; 

 this will keep him steady, for he will go slow rather than 

 run on you. Turn them gently to the right, without 

 letting them pull on the traces as far as the tongue will let 

 them go ; stop them with a kind word, gentle them a little, 

 and then turn them back to the left, by the same process. 

 You will then have them under your control by this time ; 

 and as you turn them again to the right, steady them in 

 the collar, and you can take them where you please. 



There is a quicker process that will generally start a 

 baulky horse, but not so sure. Stand him a little ahead, 

 so that his shoulders will be against the collar, and then 

 take up one of his fore feet in jonv hand, and let the driver 

 start them, and when the weight comes against his shoul- 

 ders he will try to step ; then let him have his foot, and he 



