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KICKING. 



At first the horse may look back and try to measure your 

 strength and be disposed to question your advance. It will be a 

 matter of will power now. Look at him with all the firmness you 

 can, and repeat the " Get around ! " with the most thorough vim of 

 expression. If a man of any nerve, but few horses will disobey. If 

 he steps around, no matter if the ears are put back and the eyes 

 partly closed, showing an inclination to kick, there will seldom be 



Fig. 239.— A Simple Method of Keeping the Head Elevated to Prevent 

 Kicking while Driving. 



much danger The eye kept firmly upon that of the horse, will dis- 

 cover any movement almost before it is made ; so reach the end of 

 the stall fronting the horse, with head, slightly turned to hold the 

 eye, and make a quick, gliding leap or long step toward the shoulder. 

 After getting well forward of the hips there will be little danger ; 

 watching the opportunity in this way, and moving quickly, will per- 

 mit getting beyond reach of danger before the horse can kick. 



This is really the only secret of getting around or iato the stall 



