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whip, a good hickory sapling, but to no avail. All I was able 

 to accomplish by the whipping was to excite her to rear and 

 plunge and throw herself. I then changed my tactics and, being 

 in the woods, I tied her to a tree and left her there. This 

 was in the forenoon. Towards evening I returned to see how 

 she was getting along and again hitched her to the wagon, 

 when she again refused to budge one inch. I did no mofe 

 whipping, but again hitched her to the tree. The next morn- 

 ing I visited her again ; she was evidently getting very lone- 

 some as well as hungry and thirsty, still, she again refused to 

 draw the wagon, and consequently I again left her " alone in 

 her glory." After dinner 1 called on her again. She appeared 

 very glad, indeed, to see me, and whinnied with joy at my ap- 

 proach. I again hitched her to the wagon, and you may 

 depend upon it that she was glad and anxious to move it. 

 Well, the result of this whole matter was that I owned the 

 mare upwards of two years, and scarcely ever owned a better 

 pulling animal alone or in a team, and when I finally sold her 

 I warranted her to pull in any and all harness. 



A horse left alone, hitched to a tree or post, soon becomes as 

 lonesome and discontented as, perhaps, a person would under 

 the same circumstances, and I claim this method, if rightly 

 used, is less cruel, and better for both horse and man than to 

 cruelly beat the animal with whip or club. 



KICKING IN HARNESS. 



Having, as before stated, some experience in " swapping " 

 horses, and as " swap horses " are usually composed of nearly 

 all classes — except good ones — I have occasionally drawn as 

 a prize in this business an inveterate kicker. Now, while I 

 would not at my age and experience purchase such, or advise 

 my friends to do so, especially as a family horse, yet I have 

 driven and successfully used in my business, at different periods, 

 some mares that were considered even incorrigible and pro- 

 nounced utterly worthless as harness animals. I remember a 

 case in point occurring years ago, when I swapped a well bred 



