MANAGEMENT OF THE HOBSE. 41 



is simply two wheels and an axle, without any seat, and a good pair of 

 buggy or express-wagon shafts. This cart will be illustrated in cut 

 No. 7, page 39, showing the breaking of the colt. 



We never use this cart except in the training-yard, and then for the 

 purpose of getting the colt used to shafts and load. 



We can teach the horse to pull by strapping one of the wheels to 

 the shaft, after he goes well with the wheels loose. Sometimes we 

 fasten both wheels in this way, and we can increase the weight as we 

 feel disposed, by tying an empty sack to the axle, and throwing in a 

 shovel or two of sand or dirt at a time, in proportion to the amount 

 that the horse will draw. In this way, the wheels being locked, we 

 can make as heavy a load as necessary, by adding sand and dirt to the 

 sack. Stop and start the horse often while hitched in this way, 

 always encouraging him by kind treatment when he obeys promptly. 



When you come to a hill, or any place where the horse refuses to 

 go, after making a short effort to start him, should he still refuse, 

 take him right out of the cart or vehicle, put the lines through the 

 shaft-tugs and drive him up and down the hill and all around the 

 place he refuses to pass with the cart. 



By passing the lines through the shaft-tugs you are able to keep 

 his head from you and his tail toward you, thus preventing him from 

 turning around and twisting the lines out of your hands. Should 

 you leave the lines through the rings of the saddle as they were 

 when you were driving in the cart, he would perhaps whirl around 

 and twist the lines around his body and out of your hands, and in 

 some cases get away and give you considerable trouble. 



While in Chambersburg, Penn., a very eminent physician brought 

 a balky horse to me to have him broke. After giving the horse one 

 lesson, my assistant was driving him on the road hitched to a buggy, 

 and he stopped at the foot of the hill, refusing to go any further. 



