. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . thod it-self. The point is tothrow the horse off his balance with sufficient force, and often enough to bearbeing poled at pleasure around the quarters and flanks,—atask not at all difficult to perform. If the horse has a goodmouth, the after treatment will be simple and easy. Themost difficult horses of this character to break are thosewith mouths so tender that they will not go against thebit, or will submit to it too easily. Presuming there is agood stiff mouth, (for nearly all these cases are of this char-acter), put on the harness with Pate
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . thod it-self. The point is tothrow the horse off his balance with sufficient force, and often enough to bearbeing poled at pleasure around the quarters and flanks,—atask not at all difficult to perform. If the horse has a goodmouth, the after treatment will be simple and easy. Themost difficult horses of this character to break are thosewith mouths so tender that they will not go against thebit, or will submit to it too easily. Presuming there is agood stiff mouth, (for nearly all these cases are of this char-acter), put on the harness with Patent Bridle or BreakingBit, and make the after treatment as before explained, be-ing careful to be thorough, taking no chances that can beavoided until able to drive to wagon perfectly docile. Sulky Kickers. It^has been explained in the first chapter that horsesrepresent the different characteristics of the domestic ani-mals. The most marked and annoying is the sullen or sulkynature represented by the bear, hog, or buUdog. As kick- 174 Fig. 149.—A vicious horse beforesubjection. ers, they are very persistent and difficult to break, if notmanaged just right. Yet when treated properly they arenot at all difficult to break of the habit. One of their pe-culiarities is that when broken they act as indifferent, and gentle to control, as though, theyhad never had the habit. When a horse is excitable andnervous, the treatment must besuch as not to increase the ex-citement; while in managingcool, sulky fighters, it must bequick and aggressive. Some-times the First Method will notwork at all; it may, however, betried, and if the horse can bemade to get up with energy, make all the impression youcan with it. Now follow quickly with Second Method. Ifyou let the horse go his own way, touching him around thequarters, etc., he will only warm up into increased resist-ance. Motion with a pole towardthe nose ; if this does not cause himto move sufficiently quick, thentouch him with t
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