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do a bit for yours, preferably in a deep ploughed field. Give 

 him one or two good " rib binders " with a cut whip. He will 

 soon want to stop, but send him on till he wishes he had never 

 started. A " nappy " horse is one which will not leave the 

 stable or, if he has got away, wants to come back. This is 

 often caused by being exercised in a field, round and round, near 

 his stable. If he is bad and you cannot cure him, the only way 

 is to ride him some distance with another horse alongside 

 him and when he has got away from familiar surroundings 

 he may go all right. With a refuser the spurs are the best 

 punishment, because if you leave go of his head to hit him just 

 as he approaches the fence he will swing round. But give him a 

 couple of sharp digs, low down, just as he is about twenty 

 feet from the fence. Do not begin a battle with a horse which 

 is vicious unless you are prepared to see it through ; remember, 

 if he beats you now he has beaten you for all time. 



