. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . showthat he had a first-class kicker, andwanted a little fun out of him. Atfirst, he did not seem to be very bad,but as he warmed up he kicked withthe greatest fury; and after twohours effort, I was compelled to givehim up, failing completely. The Fm. of most ^^^j ^^^Hj kicked WOrSC thaU whoUobstinate cases. I commenced. Upon returning tothat place four years afterward, I was surprised to learnthat this pony had been used as a pet by the little boysand girls of the family; that hewas driven and used everywhereto a phaeton, and wa
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . showthat he had a first-class kicker, andwanted a little fun out of him. Atfirst, he did not seem to be very bad,but as he warmed up he kicked withthe greatest fury; and after twohours effort, I was compelled to givehim up, failing completely. The Fm. of most ^^^j ^^^Hj kicked WOrSC thaU whoUobstinate cases. I commenced. Upon returning tothat place four years afterward, I was surprised to learnthat this pony had been used as a pet by the little boysand girls of the family; that hewas driven and used everywhereto a phaeton, and was one of thefinest and safest driving poniesin that country. The owner toldme that a day or two after hishaving been handled by me, theythought they would see w^hatthey could do with him, and totheir surprise they found him per-fectly gentle. They put him inharness, and he drove off without any trouble. He be-haved so kindly that the children drove him, and he washighly valued for his docility. I found by experience that many cases when warmed. Fig. 153.—AVill resist hard. DETAILS OF TEEATMENT. 177 up would resist with such desperation that it would be verydifficult and dangerous to force them to a point of submis-sion ; yet by putting them away until cool, and then re-peating the treatment, they would submit perfectly in a fewminutes. Some of my greatest feats in breaking extremelybad kickers have been accomplished in this way. The ne-cessity for this repetition was fre-quently the cause of great em-barrassment. Perhaps an ex-tremely bad horse brought mefor experiment would become sowarmed up, and resist with somuch determination, as to makethe continuance of the effort littleless than abuse. My only alter-native would be to induce the
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