viii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE VI. 

 Running Away. 



Runaway KickerB— Different Methods of Controlling ,the Mouth — How to Hold 

 any Horse — Lugging, or Pulling upon One Rein — Making a Horse Back. 183 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Balking. 



Preventing the Habit — Different Methods of Starting the Balker — How to Break 

 up the Habit— Different Tricks Used — Will not Stand when Getting in or 

 out of a Wagon — Double Balking — An Easy Method of Breaking a Double 

 Balker 193 



CHAPTEE VIII. 

 Bad to Shoe. 



Taking up the Colt's Foot-— Easy Method of Controlling Colts — Confirmed in 

 the Habit — Simple Method of Making a Horse Stand to be Shod — The Con- 

 trol of Very Difficult Cases — Leaning Over. SOS 



CHAPTEE IX. 



Halter-Pulling. 



How to Prevent any Colt or Horse from Halter-pulling — How to Break any 

 Horse of the Habit— Running Back in the Stall when Unhitched — Standing 

 • Without Being Hitched — Hitching any Horse so that he will not Pull after 

 Two or Three Minutes. . 223 



CHAPTEE X. 

 Stallions. 



Care in their Management — Treatment for Headstrong Stallions — Treatment for 

 Very Vicious Stallions — How to Subdue and Control any Stallion so that 

 he can be Called away from a Mare in a few Minutes — Special Tests Illus- 

 trating the Ease with which this can be Done 232 



CHAPTEE XI. 

 Checking and Blinders. 



Cruelty of Checking — The Foolishness of the Practice — Injurious to the Horse 

 — Covering the Eyes— A Bad, Senseless Custom. 246 



CHAPTEE XIl! 

 The Mule. 



His Subjection and Management. . . . 208 



CHAPTEE XIII. 

 Miscellaneous Habits. 



Cribbing — Wind-sucking — Putting the Tongue out of the Mouth — Pawing in 

 Stall— Kicking in Stall — Getting Cast in Stall — Jumping over Fences — 

 Tender-bitted — Kicking Cows— To Lead a Cow Easily 266 



CHAPTEE XIV. 

 Teaching Tricks. 



To Follow by the Whip— To Throw Boys— To Drive without Reins— To Tell 

 the Age, etc., etc. ' 27S 



