Batlking —- Halter Pulling 85 
himself, and refuses to get up, is hard to deal with. 
In most cases, turning a hose into his mouth, nose and 
face will make him get up. In the absence of a hose, 
water can be dashed on him from a pail. 
In bad cases of balking, throwing the horse and 
holding him down until he is ready to go is often an 
effective way of treating him. Every case has to be 
dealt with according to the particular circumstances. 
As a general rule, balky horses can be coaxed better 
than they can be forced. 
REARING, OR “RARING” 
When a horse has a tendency to rear on his hind 
legs, fasten a small rope to one or both forward fetlocks, 
so that yon can pull his feet from under him as he 
comes down. This will usually cause him to stop this 
vice after a few trials. 
HALTER PULLING 
This is another annoying vice,caused by the horse 
throwing himself backward on the halter with all the 
force that he ean; unless he is securely tied he is likely 
to break loose, and he often does other damage. All 
horses that have this habit should be securely tied by 
a stout neck strap or rope. They can sometimes be 
broken by tying a small (about one-fourth inch) rope 
around the body just back of the fore legs; the rope 
is then passed between the frort legs, through the ring 
of the halter, and tied to a post. When a horse 
