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he gets sullen and throws himself, tie all his feet 

 tosfether and leave him there for an hour or two. 



If a horse rears in harness, put him in a strong 

 cart, and run a cord under him from shaft to shaft 

 at the stifles. When he rears he punishes himself. 



If a horse is a runaway, shoot him, or sell him 

 to some one (with a full knowledge of his failing) 

 who will put him at such drudgery that he cannot 

 indulge his freak. Panic may occur at any moment 

 — the cowardly and the foolish elements in his 

 make-up ensure that — and his one idea makes him 

 go blindly on, over, or through anything. 



The " Kentucky " kicking-strap is the only form 

 which is absolutely certain to prevent kicking. 

 This is a strap or rope which goes from before the 

 tug on the shaft of one side to the cross-bar on the 

 shafts at the other, and crossing its companion piece 

 half-way between the croup and the root of the tail. 

 Or the check-rein may be continued back to the 

 croup, where it divides, and continues down each 

 hindquarter to the shaft. Thus when the animal 



