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shown by the prudence of skill that brings sure success. 

 No matter how well the horse acts, you must go around 

 and handle him as if expecting every instant that he 

 would go for you. The moment he submits to your con- 

 trol, treat him with the utmost kindness, and follow up this 

 policy, but be ever ready to check sharply any inclination 

 to viciousness. An old horse, that is in the habit of biting 

 while standing in the street, should be muzzled. No 

 matter how well he may act, do not trust him : it is the 

 safest course. 



JUMPING OUT OP SHAFTS WHEN UNHITCHED. 



This is easily overcome. Put on the breaking-bit, and 

 the instant the horse attempts to jump out, set him back 

 sharply a few times. I frequently break horses of this 

 habit, that are considered quite bad, in five or ten minutes, 

 so that they will stand quietly to be hitched and unhitched 

 as desired. If, however, the horse is decidedly bad, sub- 

 ject to second course of subjection, and control, by the bit, 

 to stand as desired, then hitch and unhitch until success- 

 ful. It is prudent, in bad cases, to repeat the lesson once 

 or twice. 



PULLINQ ON THE BIT. 



This is sometimes a very annoying habit, though in most 

 cases it is eas- 4 



ily managed. 

 If a horse has 

 a dull, strong 

 mouth, put in 

 the breaking- 

 bit, and give a 

 sharp lesson 

 with it. If the 

 horse is strong 

 and reckless, 

 use it to drive 

 a few days, and 

 the mouth will 

 be as light and ^ 



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could desire. If a nervous-tempered horse, of a naturally 



