162 KICKING. 



will not be submission in a few minutes. This point made, 

 gradually remove the pressure, and while doing so, keep 

 rubbing and bringing the pole against the quarters and 

 flanks until there is unconditional submission. 



Sometimes young horses of this character are very bad. 

 The greatest average of the worst horses I have ever found 

 have been iron-gray, sorrel, or black, though I have occa- 

 sionally found bays extremely bad. But the case must be 

 very bad that will not yield readily to the Second and 



FIG. 135. As some very bad kickers will act when touched. 



Third Methods. The First in many cases will be found 

 equally effective. A great deal depends upon how the 

 treatment is applied. A man may use either or all the 

 methods, supposing he has done all that it is possible to do, 

 and fail in subduing the horse, yet I may use the same 

 treatment immediately afterward and succeed without dif- 

 ficulty, the only difference being in the proper application 

 of the treatment. (These conditions will be found explained 

 in connection with the description of each method in the 

 first chapter.) When done properly, it should seldom re- 

 quire more than thirty or forty minutes to subdue even 

 very bad cases. 



