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horse should start to kick, you must, in order to 

 assure absolute safety, leave the vehicle. This 

 can easily be accomplished by pulling the horse's 

 head around to one side as far as you can with 

 one line, and holding it in this position until you 

 are out of the vehicle and can get the horse un- 

 hitched. By thus pulling his head around and 

 holding it you can prevent him from doing any 

 more damage. You will find in another part of 

 this book the methods of handling the kicking 

 horse. 



Placing a Crupper Underneath the Tail of a 

 Nervous Kicker. 



In placing the crupper underneath the tail 

 of a spirited and inveterate kicker, the left line 

 should be taken in your left hand, with the crup- 

 per and the arm gently placed on the hip of the 

 animal. The line should be held firm and tight in 

 your left hand, while with your right hand you 

 reach down and take hold of the tail. The tail 

 should b)e raised high enough so that you can 

 pass the crupper underneath it. It should then 

 be lowered on the crupper as lightly as possible, 

 and never allowed to come down suddenly. If 

 the horse should try and turn his hind quarters 

 towards you to kick, pull firmly on the line that is 

 in your left hand and say in a firm tone of voice, 

 "Stand!" This is done to draw his head towards 

 you and turn his hind quarters in the other direc- 

 tion. It should be remembered by my reader 

 never to stand behind the horse when adjusting 

 the crupper. Always be on your guard. For an 

 extremely bad kicker have someone to assist you. 

 Have your assistant take a buggy whip in his 

 right hand and take hold of the halter rope with 

 his left hand, as close to the halter as possible, 



