CONTENTS. xiii 



Case 9. Wild Ravenna Colt, 218 



Case 10. Lima Stallion 220 



CHAPTER V. 



BAD TO SHOE 222 



Palliative Treatment 222 



Confirmed in the Habit 229 



Regular Subjective Treatment 237 



Leaning Over 239 



CHAPTER VI. 



BALKING 240 



Palliative Treatment 243 



A Maine Man's Method 246 



Regular Treatment 248 



Restless Balkers 250 



Balking Double 252 



Best Treatment 253 



Overloading 255 



Illustrative Cases. Case NO. 1 257 



Case No. 2 257 



Case No. 3 257 



Case No. 4 258 



CHAPTER VII. 



RUNNING AWAY 261 



Case No. 1. Dover Plains Horse 267 



Case No. 2. West Falls, NY. 267 



Half-moon Bit 268 



Spoon Bit 269 



Four-ring Bit 271 



Patent Bridle 272 



Lugging, or Pulling upon One Rein 273 



Will not Back 274 



Will not Wait or Stand when getting into or out of Wagon. 276 



CHAPTER VIII. 



HALTER PULLING 279 



Running Back in the Stall when Unhitched 289 



Making a Horse Stand without Hitching 290 



How to Hitch to a Smooth Tree or Post so that the Strap will not 



Slip ". ... 291 



