262 KESTIVENESS: ITS PKEVENTION AND CUKE. 



ment, and kindness. It is especially in this depart- 

 ment of riding that the truth of our Horatian motto, 

 "Vis consili expers mole ruit sua," verifies itself. 

 One can almost fancy that the passage was suggested 

 to the Latin poet by having seen some Eoman rough- 

 rider dragging a rearing horse over on himself. 



