170 



KICKING. 



FIG. 143. No life or action. 



frequently find mares and colts which showed such terror 

 when brought near a wagon as to jump and kick so desper- 

 ately that the combined 

 strength of several men 

 could not bring them near, 

 or hold them in shafts. The 

 owner would usually say: 

 " I would like to see you 

 hitch up and drive my 

 horse, but you must take 

 your own chances. If you 

 let anything strike his heels 

 I'll warrant he'll kick and 

 run away." And, " They 

 never had a horse before 

 this one that they could not 

 break." Now it was rare that I was unable to drive such 

 horses by the treatment explained, in from fifteen to thirty 

 minutes. Such suc- 

 cess, in connection 

 with the apparent 

 ease with which it 

 was done, would al- 

 ways be a cause of 

 the greatest surprise 

 and satisfaction. 



RUNAWAY KICKERS. 



The treatment for 

 runaway kickers is 

 practically the same 

 as for horses of the previous habits, the difference being 

 simply in training the mouth, which must be made suffi- 



FIG. 144. Sensibility and action. 



