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he cannot kick when his nose is sufficiently ele- 

 vated. It also has a fine moral effect on him that 

 is very consoling to those who have seen him kick 

 a buggy or two to pieces. The arrangement 

 should be used till the horse shows no disposition 

 whatever to kick and in this it is best to err on 

 the side of safety, giving him time for the most 

 thorough repentance. The cord is not at all in 

 the driver's way and it does not hurt or irritate 

 the horse in the least as long as he behaves. When 

 it is finally left off, have a check-rein made on 

 exactly the same principle and adjust it so as 

 to keep his head at the same height. 



The device here described — which, for want of 

 a better name, I call the " controller " — I first 

 used some twenty years ago on an exceptionally 

 bad runaway kicker, after having used several 

 other contrivances which did not have quite the 

 desired effect. I have since found it one of the 

 very best means of control and correction, and 

 I have used it with excellent results in the cure 

 of other vices as well as kicking. 



THE KICKING HABIT IS CURABLE 



Kicking is very properly classed as one of the 

 very worst of vices and yet I have not known a 

 case that could not be cured. All that is neces- 



