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handle him in the same manner as the colt was handled, until you 

 can hold him by the lines with perfect ease, while the assistant is ex- 

 citing him with the pole, umbrella, or any other object which would 

 have a tendency to make him run away. 



The trainer will remember that it will be necessary to get the 

 mouth so that he can hold him with perfect ease before undertaking 

 to excite him to resistance. 



At this point we will state that there is no man who can hold a 

 horse by main strength ; hence the necessity of giving him thorough 

 training with the lines and bit, as directed in the training of the colt's 

 mouth. 



Teach the horse to start and stop well, even under excitement, and 

 repeat this lesson two or three times before hitching him up. 



In ordinary cases this will take from thirty to forty minutes, to 

 give the horse a good lesson — always being careful to take good care 

 of your horse on concluding your lesson. 



KICKING HOESES. 



A kicking horse is one of the most dangerous horses we have, and in 

 a very bad ease is considered almost worthless. 



While I was travelling through Eichmond, Virginia, a very ugly 

 kicking mare was brought to me, that had been traded from stable to 

 stable until she was considered as worth very little money. 



A gentleman — one of my scholars — asked me one day if I thought 

 she could be broke, and I replied : 



" Yes — certainly she can." 



I think she was one of the worst mares I ever came across in my 

 travels of over eighteen years. 



I gave her a short lesson lasting thirty minutes, every day for a 

 week, and some of my scholars began to talk as though my plans 

 would not work on her. 



