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head ; then instantly stop the pricking and caress him. 

 Repeat the pricking until the head is again dropped ; then 

 caress him, and 

 give him some- 

 thing of which 

 he is fond. 

 Continue to al- 

 ternate in this 

 way with the 

 pricking and 

 caressing until 

 at tne instant ^ 'T 7 /^' x /x^/, i ;i // .'/ / ^ w ''vf^^ 



a motion is Fio. m-The Allegan Man-eater. 



made toward the back he will drop his head. 



To teach to kick up, simply prick him on the rump 



until there is an inclination to kick up, when, as before, stop 



and caress him. 

 So repeat until 

 the least motion 

 toward the rump 

 will induce him 

 to kick up. 



In teaching 

 any kind or 

 number of tricks 

 the principle is 

 precisely the 



FIG. 11. Sketch of a noted vicious Stallion. ,1 -,? 



same, the differ- 

 ence being that instead of a pin, other means suitable to 

 the requirements of the case must be used. 



Now, to teach these tricks by word, it will be neces- 

 sary to repeat the command and associate the act with it ; 



