THE NAPPY HORSE, OR JIBBER 89 



has had, the kicker who was badl}^ broken and who has 

 changed hands every week in the year, the kicker who 

 has been "spiffed," or drugged, and unscrupulously 

 placed in a horse repository for sale by a horse-coper 

 with a view to " catching a mug," all these could be cured 

 by my system ; but patience would be required, and the 

 horse who has been constantly drugged (to quieten it) 

 would not be worth curing. After all, the kicker is a 

 legacy of bad breaking, and the ignorance that exists 

 amongst the majority of horse-breakers to-day is sur- 

 prising. They have no scientific methods ; they are 

 too pig-headed to be told or to learn, and are content to 

 break valuable horses in a haphazard, careless way, their 

 only system being a long cavesson rein and a dumb 

 jockey. 



THE NAPPY HORSE, OR JIBBER 



Of all bad habits, jibbing is probably the most 

 exasperating. Nothing tires one's patience more than 

 to harness a horse in a hurry only to find that he is not 

 ready to start, and, what is more, not likely to be ready 

 for an hour or so. 



Many drivers make the atmosphere warm by emit- 

 ting a volley of bad language and cracking the whip. 

 Others thrash the horse unmercifully, until the animal 



