. Biggle horse book. Horses. ^wr. CHAPTER IV. WHIMS AND VICES. Managing the Balky Horse—Tail-rubbing—Kicking—The Puller—Pawing — Rolling in the ^Stable—Tearing the Blanket. For a balky horse the only persuaders that should be allowed are the spade and post. They should be carried in the wagon and the spade made to set the post at the horse's head wherever he makes his first stand. Here he should be firmly tied without unharnessing and left until thoroughly tired of standing. If he will not go on then without the whip he should be left several hours more, always without food or drink until he f
. Biggle horse book. Horses. ^wr. CHAPTER IV. WHIMS AND VICES. Managing the Balky Horse—Tail-rubbing—Kicking—The Puller—Pawing — Rolling in the ^Stable—Tearing the Blanket. For a balky horse the only persuaders that should be allowed are the spade and post. They should be carried in the wagon and the spade made to set the post at the horse's head wherever he makes his first stand. Here he should be firmly tied without unharnessing and left until thoroughly tired of standing. If he will not go on then without the whip he should be left several hours more, always without food or drink until he fmds he is punishing himself, which almost any horse of intelligence will conclude after standing from thirty to thirty-six hours. When the poor beast does start amiably, he should be praised and petted without stint. After a horse has reached twelve years of age, and perhaps balked and been abused for it most of this time, it may be doubtful if he can be reformed. Some teamsters start a balky horse by taking him from the wagon and making him turn around in a short circle until giddy. If he doesn't go after the first dance of this sort re- peat the process. To cure a horse of rubbing his tail, wash the dock with warm water and good yellow soap (not soft soap), and thor- WHIMS AND A'ICES. 51 oughly well dry the part with a clean coarse rubber; the rubbing to be kept up until the part is not only dry, but well warm with the friction. Also inject a little sweet oil into the rectum. Then apply a liniment made of new milk and > spirits of turpentine, in the proportion of an ounce of the lat- ter to eight ounces of the former. If the horse kicks the sides of the stall he can probably be broken of the habit by hanging a smooth stick of wood from the joist above by a rope, so that when he indulges his vice, his feet or legs will strike the stick. This w^ill put it in mo- tion ; it will sAving back and forth and take his attention so he will forget about kicking. This is a
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