heels when giving this lesson. Ii* you wish to find 

 out how severe this system is, try it on your 

 family broken horse and you will be likely to see 

 some fun. 



To Break a Balker that Walks Backwards, 

 Kicks and Fights the Whip. 



Place on your horse a halter, surcingle and 

 foot-strap on the right front leg. Lead your horse 

 to a nice soft spot and throw him about ten times. 

 (You will find in another part of this book how Lo 

 lay your horse down.) After you have thrown him 

 these number of times, put a bridle on his head. 

 Take a rope about 20 feet long and pass it through 

 the lower ring on the surcingle, down through the 

 ring that is on the foot-strap, back through the 

 surcingle ring and tie it. Run the lines through 

 the lower side rings in the surcingle, take the 

 whip and lines in your right hand and the rope 

 that is in the surcingle in the left hand, step back 

 of your horse and tell him to get up. If he fails 

 to move crack him on the hind legs with the whip. 

 If he balks and tries to kick you, pull on the rope. 

 Compel him to stand on three legs. After you 

 have his front leg up, give him three severe 

 cracks on the hind legs with the whip, then slack- 

 en the rope and tell your horse to get up. If he 

 will not go, but still balks, do the same thing over. 



After you have your horse so that he will 

 move forward at your bidding, place a breast 

 strap and trace on him, get a rope 20 feet long 

 and tie each end of the rope in the holes of the 

 trace. Ask some one who is standing near by to 

 take hold of the rope that is fastened to the trace. 

 Then again ask the horse to get up. If he does 

 not move, give him a crack with the whip. If lie 

 starts to hack, pull on the rope fastened to the 



