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KICKING. 



plest measure of doing this. Should the horse ^develop a sullen or 

 sulky disposition if subjected to Second Method, it may be neces- 

 sary to touch him sharply upon the nose with the whip to force him 

 to go along sufficiently quick to produce the effeGt desired. You 

 may try the First Method, and if you fail, then you must depend 

 upon the Third. 



You may meet with the difficulty of his biting upon the cord. 

 This is so rare, however, that it is hardly worth mentioning ; but if , 

 you should find such difficulty, this treatment must be abandoned at 

 once. With good management there will be but little trouble. 



If a colt is very wild and much afraid of a wagon, the case is 

 liable to be a very serious one. If a very nervous horse, you must 



Fig. 212. — As the Horse usually Drives in Harness after being Subdued. 



be particularly careful so as not to injure him. Take your time, and 

 make every step slowly and thoroughly, trusting nothing to chance. 

 These cases will sometimes resist with great fury, striking and kick- 

 ing most violently. The, First and Second Methods will usually be 

 your best treatment upon these. If you have a good assistant, you 

 can work sometimes with excellent advantage by putting on two 

 foot-straps, when your assistant can pull one or two feet from under 

 the horse, thus bringing him repeatedly upon his knees. The ob- 

 jection to this is that it worries the horse greatly, and unless the 

 ground is soft and free from stones, there is danger of bruising and 

 cutting the knees ; besides, the effect is not nearly so good as can be 

 obtained by the treatment described. If the patent Breaking Rig, 

 explained in Chapter II., were available, it would save, considerable 



