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on the traces, and walking him along. Af-
ter you have practiced him few times'in
this way, take up his foot as directed Shitch
him to something, and cause him to pull it
short distance then take him out; caress
him every time you work with him.
You will find it more convenient to fasten
up his left fore foot, because this is the side
you are on. After you have had him hitch
ed up once Or twice, you should get long
strap; put it around his foot as before direct
led (above the hoof. and below the postern-
joint;) put it through a ring in your harness;
take hold of it in your hand hitch him up
gently, and if he makes motion to kick,
you can pull up his foot and prevent it
You should use this strap until you have
broken him from kicking. which will not
take long. You should hitch kicking
horse by himself; you can manage him bet
ter in this way than to hitch him by the
side of another horse.
HOW TO BREAK HORSE FROM SOARING
It is an established rule in philosophy
that there is not an effect without cause,
and if so, there must be some cause for the
soaring of a horse The horse scares eth
er from Imagination or pain. Now, it is a
law of his nature, that if you will convince
him that any object will not hurt him, there
is no danger of his soaring at it, no matter
how frightful it may be in appearance. To
exemplify this, take horse that is very ca
silly scared at an umbrella take that horse
into tight stable, where you can have his
attention take him by the bride, and hold
the umbrella in your hand; when he first
looks at it, he will be afraid of it, and if he
could, he would soon be out of its reach
but hold it in your hand, let him look at il
and feel it with his nose a few minutes, and
then you can open and shut it as you please,
occasionally letting him smell it with his
nose, and soon he will care nothing about it.
In the same manner you can break any
horse from soaring at things that may look
| frightful to him, logs, stumps by the road
side, or anything that you may wish. to car
ry on him. If you wish to make trial of
this theory, just take horse into the stable,
and let him examine the frightful object a
few moments after his mode of examining
things, and you will be perfectly satisfied.
! We have tried horses that would not suffer
you to take an umbrella on them shut, and
in fifteen minutes you open and shut it at
pleasure, and they will pay no attention to
it. There is something peculiar in the
horse Ghough it is because he has not the
faculty of reasoning) You can take an OBJ
ject that he is afraid of, take it only on one
side, let him examine it on that side only
do not let the other eye see it he will he
broken on one side, and, as soon as the 9th
er eye beholds it, will be afraid until he
looks at it and touches it with his nose
hen he will be broken on both sides
HOW TO TEACH HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU
Take him into large stable or shed,
take hold the bride or halter with your left
hand, have a long switch or whip in your
right; after caressing him little put your
right hand over his shoulder with the whip
extending back so that you can touch him
up with the, whip applied gently around his
hind legs. Start up little, give him gen.
tie tap with the whip, walking him around the
stable, saying to him, "Conae along boy; )"
or call him by his name, taking him around
the stable a few times, holding him by his
bridle After you have taken him around
in this way few times, you can let 60 Of
his bride, saying, ssConee along boy" and
if he stop, tap him with the whip gently,
and in a short time he will learn that you
want him to follow you; then gradually get
before him, have him to follow around the
stable in this way few minutes, then he
will understand what you want him to do.
After you have taught him to follow in
the stable take him into the stable lot, learn
him to follow you, and that in few minutes;
then you can take him into the public road
or street, and he will follow you there, and
in short time he will follow you wherever
you want him to- You should often pat him,
and caress him, and give him to understand
that you do not intend to hurt him, and he
will soon like to follow you. Men often get
their horses afraid of them and keep so, and
it is their nature to keep out of danger when
then apprehend it, after their manner of ar
irving at conclusions The way horses ar
rive at conclusions is generally from expe-
rience.
HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO STAND WITHOUT
HITCHING. -
After you have taught your horse to follow
you, stand him in the centre Of the stable,
begin at his head to gentle him, gradually
working backward. If he moves give him
a gentle cut with the whip, and put-him back
in the same spot from which he started. III
he stands caress him as before, and continue
gentling him in this way, until you can get
around him without making him move.-
Keep walking around him, increasing your