. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. und is soft and free from stones, there is danger of bruising andcutting the knees ; besides, the effect is not nearly so good as can beobtained by the treatment described. If the patent Breaking Rig,-explained in Chapter II., were available, it would save considerable THIRD CLASfi. 161 work in this way. The horse is then held helpless in shafts, as itwere, when he can be driven as desired. When the Third Methodis used, while the pressure is on bring the poles against the quar-ters indus
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. und is soft and free from stones, there is danger of bruising andcutting the knees ; besides, the effect is not nearly so good as can beobtained by the treatment described. If the patent Breaking Rig,-explained in Chapter II., were available, it would save considerable THIRD CLASfi. 161 work in this way. The horse is then held helpless in shafts, as itwere, when he can be driven as desired. When the Third Methodis used, while the pressure is on bring the poles against the quar-ters industriously. Usually at first the horse will kick hard, but itis rare that there will not be submission in a few minutes. These points made, gradually remove the pressure, and whiledoing so keep rubbing and bringing the poles against the quartersand flanks, until there is unconditional submission, then continue asexplained, driving in harness and wagon. The greatest average ofthe wofst horses I ever found have been iron-gray, sorrel, and black,though I have occasionally found bays extremely bad. It should. Fig. 213.—A Test to which the Horse should be Subjected before being Subdued. seldom require more than thirty or forty minutes to bring a verybad horse under control by these combined efforts of treatment. Third Class. I have in my mind now about the worst class of kickers we haveto deal with. They are either cases that have been made thor-oughly vicious by excessive fear or running away, or those that areso naturally vicious, and kick and strike so recklessly as to seem tobe beyond the reach of any kind of treatment. There is a class ofmen who think it is bravery to be reckless with dangerous point of fact, I have found such men to be usually the greatestcowards. In experimenting before classes, I would frequently havemen who would be disposed at first to censure me for appearing to11 a 162 KICKING. be overly cautious. I will illustrate by referring to a special cas
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