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If it is a dog that he is afraid of, let the dog run aroTmd him and 

 In front of him; fut the Gleason bridle on the horse and 

 make him come up and smell of the dog ; walk around him. Then 

 throw your horse and hold him down, and take the dog and put hira 

 on top of the horse. Work like this two or three days with the ani- 

 mal, giving short lessons, and you have got the best broken hog and 

 iog horse in the world. 



Question. How do you use the whip ? Do you believe in whip* 

 ping a horse ? 



Answer. No lady or gentleman shonld ride or drive a horse with- 

 out having with them a good whip. The whip in its place is a good 

 instrument, but it is very often misused by parties ; for instance, 

 how many do you see driving through the streets of our cities, and 

 in our public parks, that if a horse becomes frightened at a bicycle or 

 a band, or any object whatever, and he makes an attempt to shy, 

 will get him by it the best way he can, and the moment he has passed 

 the object out comes the whip with the words, "I'll teach you to shy," 

 and the horse receives a severe punishment. The horse, not having 

 the reasoning power that you have, believes thatthe punishment that 

 he has just received has come from the object that he was so much 

 frightened at. 



Question, How would you keep a horse from pawing in the stable ? 



Answer, Take a piece of chain seven inches long, not a plow chain, 

 but trace chain ; tie on one end of that a piece of hard wood five 

 inches long and one inch in diameter; then take a strap and buckle 

 around the horse's limb, above the knee, letting this chain and wood 

 hang from the strap. Every time the horse paws this piece of wood 

 will hit his limb, and as he cannot think of two things at one time, 

 it will draw his attention in such a manner as to prevent him from 

 pawing. 



Question. How would you keep a horse from kicking in the 

 •talir 



Answer. Take a piece of elastic about ten inches long, sew a vest 

 buckle one end of it and buckle this around the horse's hind limb. 



