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PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT. 



Fig. 55.— Vicious Horse in a Rage. 



and trouble. This 

 rule, in fact, runs 

 through every 

 phase of the 

 treatment, in il- 

 lustrating its suc- 

 cess and apply- 

 ing it properly. 



Suggestions in 



Relation to 



Principles of 



Management. 



If we tie down 

 a horse's ear, or 

 grasp it with the 



hand and twist it a little, it will be found that a horse that had been 

 very neryous to shoe will -often stand quite gentle to be shod. 

 The jockey has learned that he can frequently make a bad kicking 

 mare drive without kicking by tying the tail down to the cross- 

 piece of the shafts or forward to the belly-band of the harness, so 

 that it cannot be raised ; because disabling the tail creates such a 

 sense of helplessness as to counteract the inclination to kick.. 



Sometimes checking the head high will accomplish the same 

 result. Putting 

 cobbles or shot in 

 the ears will, on 

 the same princi- 

 ple, sufficiently 

 disconcert a balky 

 horse to make him 

 go right along. 

 Blindfolding b y 

 covering the eyes 

 only carries this 

 to a greater ex- 

 tent, and will be 

 found in most 

 cases to make 

 quite a stubborn 

 horse work with 

 excellent success. 





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Fig. 56. — A Noted Vicious Horse. 



