Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1892 — The Rope Core for Kickers. [ARTICLE]

The Rope Core for Kickers.

During the last thirty-five years a neighbor has permanently cured over twenty horses of the kicking habit without fail in any case attempted, says a writer in the New York Tribune. Folio wing in his method: Take a half-inch rope that has been stretched until it cannot be stretched any inorv, tie it around the horse 6 inches back o! the pad and belly-bnnd of the h mens; insert a short stick and twist it up J nearly as tight as the rope will bear without breaking, and tie Ihe stick so that it- will stay. Fasten the horse in a stall where there is room behind him to wield whip, then strike him around the«hind legs quite severely; at the second or third blow he will generally kick with both feet with all his might but only for two or three times. If he has been In the habit of kicking in harness, drive him with the rope on two weeks, or until he quits making threats. Some Will kick once or twice with one foot and bob up and threaten for several days. They should be tickled or teased, or have a basket or pail thrown under them or tied to a hind foot several times a day to made them try and/kick, and until they cease to make aAy effort in that direction. The remedy is then effectual. After driving the animal half an hour, the rope should be tightened. This will also cure bucking horses, or any which try to throw lhair rid Ar-.