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I refer to these cases to show to owners the necessity of em- 

 ploying good, careful men to take charge of their horses. A coarse- 

 grained, passionate man should not be employed at any price. 

 Habits of intemperance should m all cases be sufficient to disqualify 

 a man for such work. 



There is no class of horses that submit more readily to treat- 

 ment when taken in time, but they are the hardest to reform when 

 the treatment is not right, or when, by the inefficiency of'the owner 

 or groom, they are afterward allowed successful resistance, On this 



Vicious Stallion in a Rage. 



account I have thought it advisable to refer specially to the man- 

 agement of these cases here. 



Treatment for Headstrong Stallions. 



If a colt is simply unbroken and impulsive — perhaps nipping a 

 little — he can be easily made gentle by subjecting him lightly to 

 the Second Method and following it with the War Bridle. Some- 

 times a horse of this character is perfectly manageable- until led near 

 other horses, when he will try to pull away. I will refer to two or 

 three such cases : While at Pennington, Ni J., a horse that pulled 

 away so badly he could not be taken- into the streets at all if other 

 horses were in sight, was reported for treatment. He was subjected 

 lightly to the Second Method, and then brought under thorough' 

 control by the War Bridle, when he was led home as manageable as 

 any horse. 



Well-bred, nervous-tempered horses of this character will aJ- 



