86 TO BREAK A KICKING HORSE. 



liop along on tliree legs awhile, whicli lie will 

 soon learn to do. Exercise him two or three 

 times, in this way fifteen or twenty minutes at 

 a time, or until conquered, allowing his leg to 

 be loosed. When you have learned him to walk 

 in this way, fasten up his leg and put the har- 

 ness on him and hitch up to sulky. Now you 

 may drive off and need not he fearful of the 

 horse kicking or doing any damage Vv^hile one 

 foot is up, nor can he kick or run fast enough to 

 do any harm. But you can now drive him as 

 you please. Should he want to run let him 

 have the lines and whip too, with perfect safety; 

 by doing this two or three times you will cure 

 him at once of running off. The horse will be 

 frightened at first, but he will soon see that you 

 do not want to hurt him and will not care any- 

 thing more about it. You can finally let down 

 the leg and drive off gently without any further 

 trouble. 



I will here give you Pvnother plan to break or 

 prevent a horse from kicking whilst working 

 him. Loop a strap or rope around the horse's 

 hind leg, with one end and with the other end 

 fasten around the foreleg, allowing it just,long 



