94 MY horse; my love. 



that the sight, being promptly cured of its defect, re- 

 lieved the horse of such odium." 



Has any other remedy been found for this trouble? 



" If the object about which a balking horse is 

 in alarmed doubt can be brought to him or he can be 

 coaxed to it, so that he can see it closely, and can 

 investigate it with his nose, in most cases he will be 

 found perfectly willing to resume his journey, and will 

 show his disgust at his own stupidity by a disdainful 

 sniff." 



Then you do not advocate force, whipping, or even 

 coaxing? 



" They have been tried too often not to produce 

 their own moral. As I have said before the sense 

 of smell is more acute in the horse than any other 

 sense. The point of his nose being his touch-point 

 conveys a subtler and more exact meaning to his 

 intelligence and reasoning powers. It demonstrates 

 facts when scenting danger from afar, a distant 

 object is either magnified or indistinctly seen by his 

 startled and imperfect eyes, and quick imagination. 

 He is satisfied of its harmlessness when brought 

 closely enough for him to smell of it. If not per- 

 mitted to examine an object in his own way, he will 

 never forget in passing that certain locality, that 

 something is there which puzzles and frightens 

 him. He will manifest always the same repugnance 

 toward it, the same disposition to shy or balk in 

 approaching it." 



One of the most practical ways of curing a balk- 

 ing horse was told lately by a police-officer. It was 

 to lift the fore-leg by the fetlock and hold it up for 



