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CHAPTER XII. 



FAULTS OF TEMPER. 



Difficult to catch — Difficult to handle, bridle, saddle, mount, or dis- 

 mount from — Difficult to ball or drench — Unsteady with the whip, 

 under fire, when drawing swords, when touched with the heel, etc . 

 — Difficult to lead into a doorway, horse-box, etc. — Difficult to 

 shoe — Buckjumping — Biting and savaging — Kicking and striking 

 out in front — Pawing at night — Pawing back the litter — Rubbing 

 the tail — Sleeping standing — Difficult to harness and unharness — 

 Getting the tail over the rein and kicking when in harness — Lying 

 down in harness — Hanging back in the stall. 



Under this heading, I shall put all the faults due to 

 nervousness, impatience of control and aggressiveness, 

 which I have not noticed in the preceding chapter. 



Difiacult to catch. — If a horse is difficult to catch 

 when loose in the open, or in an enclosure, such as a loose 

 box or yard, we may break him of the annoying trick by 

 teaching him to come up and follow us on our giving him 

 a signal to do so (see page 367). We should then reward 

 him with some dainty, such as a piece of carrot, for his 

 compliance — after having punished him for his dis- 

 obedience. 



Difficult to handle, bridle, saddle, mount, or dis- 



