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sewn together at intervals, so as to form loops of about 

 four or five inches long. He is thus able to shorten or 

 lengthen his hold, or can take both reins in his right, and 

 use the whip in his left hand. 



Resolute riding will, as a rule, overcome this vice 

 when it is not very strongly developed, while Rarey- 

 fying will generally succeed for the time. I have always 

 found that if "shaking the horse up," and giving him a 

 cut or two of the whip and a few digs of the spurs fail, 

 that I could tire him out and disgust him with remaining 

 where he is, by pulling him round and round to one 

 side, and then to the other, sooner than by any other 

 means. Reining him back might also be tried. I have 

 read of an old gentleman, who, when his horse stopped 

 and refused to go on, took a newspaper out of his pocket, 

 calmly commenced to read it from the beginning, and 

 though the animal, after a while, wanted to proceed, he 

 kept him where he was, until he had completed the 

 perusal of his journal. The story goes on to say that 

 the horse in question never tried the trick again. I 

 happened once to cure a recent purchase of mine, for 

 the time being, of this vice, by getting off and giving 

 him a severe " hiding " with a thick stick, while a friend 

 of mine held him. I was not pleased with myself for 



