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him, "You have done just exactly what I asked 

 you to do." Speak to your horse as you would 

 talk to a person. By speaking to your horse the 

 same as you would to a person he will begin to 

 learn everything you say to him. I believe some 

 horses have more sense than a great many people. 

 When the above fails, draw his head around 

 towards you with the left line. Make him turn 

 around to the lef fc a dozen times, or until he gets 

 dizzy. Slacken the left line and pull him to the 

 right. Start him in the direction that you wish 

 him to go, give him a tap with the whip on the 

 hind quarters and say "Get up !" at the same time. 

 If he does not go in the direction you want him to 

 go try it again, but whirl him around a little long- 

 er. This plan works well. 



Making a Balky Horse Work in Double 

 Harness 



When you have a balky horse harnessed up 

 beside a well broken horse and he refuses to go 

 forward when you ask him to, place around his 

 body, close to his hips, a rope 10 feet long and 

 make a slip-knot in it so you can draw it tight. 

 Fasten the other end of the rope to the true 

 horse's collar. Have the rope tight enough sc 

 that when the well-broken horse begins to pull he 

 will draw it still tighter. Get into your wagon, 

 pick up the lines and tell the true horse to get up, 

 tapping him with the whip. The true horse will 

 start, drawing the loop tight around the balky 

 horse's body. When the balky horse finds that the 

 rope is getting tight he will soon go forward. 



Do not sit on the same side of the wagon 

 that the balky horse is hitched to, as he may kick 

 when the rope tightens up. Keep your eye on his 



