SUBJECTIVE TREATMENT. 237 



REGULAR SUBJECTIVE TREATMENT. 



In breaking up the habit, very much depends upon the 

 disposition of the horse, and the treatment pursued. In 

 most cases the following will be found easy and effectual : 

 Subject to the Third Method, using more or less pressure, 

 according to the case. While the cord is on, attach a 

 strap or rein to the hind foot, and pull back as previously 

 explained. At first there will usually be great resistance, 

 the horse kicking with great spitefulness, or pulling the 

 foot forward energetically. But however much he may 

 resist at first, it is no indication of failure. Simply keep 

 pulling the foot back at short intervals until there is no re- 

 sistance. When given freedom, it will be rested upon the 

 toe, then pull forward and back as before explained. In 

 some cases it may be necessary to tie forward by bringing 

 the strap over the neck, back between the legs, and making 

 fast to hold the foot firmly until all resistance is overcome. 

 Treat the opposite foot in the same manner. 



All this should not require more than ten or twenty 

 minutes. Should the horse warm up and resist it deter- 

 minedly, increase the pressure and repeat. In some very 

 rare cases I have been compelled to use the pressure of a 

 hundred feet of cord before succeeding. It is well to state 

 that some of these cases were among the most desperately 

 vicious horses to be found. It was not unusual for the 

 writer to find horses that it was impossible to shoe except 

 by tying down or fastening in a frame. If in traveling 

 there were any such cases anywhere within the radius of 

 his visit, they were almost sure to be brought forward with 

 the hope of beating ; but it was rarely they would not sub- 

 mit unconditionally in from twenty to thirty minutes by 

 the treatment given. 



To give an idea of the power of this treatment when 



