and having exhausted all their strategies and ex- 

 periences, they gave up in utter disgust and ad- 

 vised either to kill the animal, cast him on the 

 junk pile, or have him sold at any price. He un- 

 fortunately fell into the hands of Prof.Hagerling, 

 who not only subdued him within a very short 

 time, but he was also harnessed and drove in a 

 buggy. Within a week he had not only brought 

 him into fine condition for a driving and buggy 

 horse, but had taught him many tricks, and has 

 used him for a while as a show horse. The author, 

 in subduing this animal, followed exactly the 

 same instructions contained under the article en- 

 titled "The Most Successful Method of Breaking 

 Bad Kickers Without the Use of Hobbles or 

 Double Safety "Rope." This is one of a great many 

 horses the author has trained by following the 

 rule laid down under the head just mentioned. 



Back Hobbles for Bad Kickers. 



When you have a bad kicker, one that will 

 raise himself up under the kicking strap, or one 

 that you think it is impossible to drive, or one 

 that you want to put in double harness and you 

 fear he will demolish the wagon or kick the horse 

 working with him, work on him as follows : Get 

 a collar and surcingle. Take a rope about an inch 

 thick and four or live feet long. Get a pulley 

 large enough to take the rope. Have another rope 

 about eight feet long and four straps an inch wide 

 and long enough to go around the hock. Have a 

 buckle on each end of the straps. Then get two 

 rings two inches in diameter. Place the collar 

 on the horse. Tie the end of the four-foot rope 

 to the pulley. Pass the eight-foot rope through 

 the pulley. Put on the surcingle. Take two of 

 the straps and one of the rings. Pass these two 



