Timely Fact #2:
Almost every wrong act of the horse is caused
by fear, excitement or mismanagement. One harsh
word will increase the pulse of a nervous horse
ten beats a minute. Hoses know nothing about
balking until forced into it by bad management.
Any balky horse an be started steady and true in
a few minutes. I never found one that I could
not teach to start his load in fifteen minutes
and usually in three.
Timely Fact #3:
Intelligent horsemen have learned that
kickers, biters and balkers are natural results
of abuse, that not one horse in a hundred is
vicious until made so by cruelty; that whipping
a horse is as mean and senseless as whipping a
baby, and that the most useful, obedient and
long lived horses are those treated from birth
with kindness and common sense.
Timely Fact #4:
The whip is the parent of stubborness, but
gentleness wins obedience. There is no such
thing as balkiness in a horse that is kindly
treated, and that gets an occasional apple,
potato or sugar from his master's hand.
Timely Fact #5:
When a hose is afraid or excited, quiet him
by kind words and caress. An excited horse is
practically crazy and to whip him is dangerous,
foolish and cruel. I have known a single blow of
the whip to balk a spirited horse. Whipping a
balky horse is barbarous and only increases
balkiness.
