88 WILL NOT STAND. IF CHECKED WILL BALK. 



plied, will remove all inclination in the colt to balk or kick. 

 No other principle, yet discovered, is so humane, simple and 

 practical. Combined with other treatment referred to, it 

 will enable perfect success in every case. 



WILL NOT STAND. IF STOPPED, WILL BALK. 



This is also the result of the old defective treatment, that 

 does not give any thing for removing inclination to the habit. 

 It is a habit that is entirely the result of ignorant and bad 

 management. A horse would just as soon stand as do any 

 thing else, when shown properly; but when the colt is 

 allowed to go as he pleases, and learns to pull against the 

 bit, pulling him back to stand only makes him restless and 

 eager to go, and is very likely to make him mad, and, if not 

 allowed to go, he may balk. Some horses will learn this habit 

 very quickly, and, once started in it, are very persistent. It 

 is a habit, however, brought easily under control. If the 

 horse has a good stiff mouth, and pulls ahead upon the bit, 

 a few minutes' lesson with the breaking-bit will usually make 

 him stand kindly. If this will not do, subject him to a 

 second course of subjection. Next, put on harness with 

 breaking-bit, and in a peremptory manner force him to stand : 

 if he lunges ahead, set him back on his heels, which you can 

 easily do with this bit. But it is equally important that you 

 make the horse start as promptly. If you are too positive in 

 your control of the. mouth with the bit, the horse may now 

 balk ; and this is the point to be next overcome. Try the 

 whip first, by giving him one or two keen cuts around the 

 hind legs, up near the body. Simply stop and start until 

 there is prompt obedience. One lesson of this kind will 

 control all common cases, "but it is* possible your subject 

 will balk squarely and in the most positive manner ; then try 

 the double draw hitch and war-bridle, as before explained, 

 in another part of this chapter, until there is prompt obedi- 

 ence. It is rarely this will not enable perfect success in a 

 few minutes : it will in every case if used properly. If an 

 exceptionably bad case, the regular course, as for single balk- 

 ing, may be used. If the horse is of a high-strung, irritable 

 disposition, one of those that seem to work in easily, yet is 

 restless and irritable, it is possible you must work slowly and 

 carefully, especially so if sensitive to the whip. The course 



