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succeeded in winning, even one trick, the wicked portion 

 of his brain would have been active. My idea was to 

 let his natural gifts of viciousness (as denoted by his 

 head) lie dormant, give them no training, but let good 

 habits overrule them. 



If this colt had been tackled by some horsemen that 

 I have seen at work with colts, I know that his pre- 

 dominating gift or feature, " wickedness," would have 

 developed itself automatically, for the system employed, 

 viz., four men on ropes pulling at one end, the colt 

 fighting at the other, not knowing which man was the 

 master, would cause him to kick and fight furiously, 

 and he would probably make good his escape or kick 

 somebody, and, even if exhausted, he would be ready to 

 fight again when revived. Consequently, no proper 

 discipline could be arrived at, so the shape of his head 

 and his actions would determine his character and he 

 would be easily judged as dangerous. 



The same applies to the colt with a good head ; 

 when handled as described, by rough breakers, bad 

 habits are formed, grow with the colt, and are very 

 difficult to cure. So if the colt with a good head which 

 has been badly trained kicks at you, he is termed 

 " wicked," and if the colt with the wicked head trained 

 by my methods did not offer to kick you, and recognised 



