206 avery's own farrier. 



You should not resort to the lash (if you would have 

 a kind horse), even if you should fail on the first or 

 second trial wilh other means, nor be at all discouraged. 

 Remember that time, patience, industry and perseverance, 

 are among the grand masters of the world. And it is 

 just as necessary that you do not let your horse know, or 

 find out in any way, that you are afraid of him, as it is 

 to avoid being excited or angry (as before stated). If 

 you do, he is certain to take advantage of it, and you 

 can not control him. Never go up to a horse and slap 

 him without first speaking to him, unless you are posi- 

 tive that he sees you; then stand close to him, for it is use- 

 less to try to dodge the ball after you hear the report of the 

 gun, and then you are safer than you would be to stand 

 off and reach towards him with the timidity of a coward, 

 for he has not the chance then to hurt you even if he is 

 vicious and so disposed. There is no high spirited horse 

 that can not be balked; for instance, you ill-treat him by 

 half-starving, overloading, holding him in, or hitching 

 him to anything he can not draw and then whip him, 

 and he will soon become discouraged and vicious; and 

 then there is no horse of this temperament that can not, 

 with proper management, be made kind and true to 

 work in any place you wish him. Generally speaking, 

 there are more balky drivers than balky horses. The 

 reason of this is, they do not understand the nature and 

 disposition of the horse they are tampering with. Balky 

 horses are generally high spirited ones, easily excited, 

 frustrated, get mad, and the more they are whipped for 

 it, the worse they get while under the sting of the lash; 

 for their grit is already raised too high, and they become 



