Brace for a Kicking Horse.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 91, 17 July 1908, Page 4

Brace for a Kicking Horse.

Those so unfortunate as to own a kicking horse know something of the patience it requires to get along with it, and will%tticom% anything which will prevent the kicking, and finally effect a cure. The writer knew a horse which was so bad a kicker that, after various trials, and after passing through many hands, and getting worse all the time, to be perfectly cured in the course of three months by the use of the device here given. This is a simple brace, which acts upon the fact that if the head be kept up the horse cannot kick. A kicking horse is like a balance —when one end goes up the other must go down. The brace consists of one half inch iron rod, which may be straight, or, for the hooks, bent into a graceful curve. It is forked at both ends; the two divisions of the upper end are fastened to the two rings of the bit, while the lower end fits upon the lower portion of the collar and harness. The upper ends can best be fastened to the bit by winding with wire, which should be done smoothly, so as not to wear upon the mouth. The lower end is secured by means of a strap fastened to the upper loop, and passing around the cotlaf, is buckled through the hole in the lower part of the end of the brace. The brace need not be taken from the bit in unharnessing. Any" blacksmith can make such a brace, taking care to have it of the proper length to fit the particular horse. Keep its head at about the height as when " checked up," and the horse will soon be cured.