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to keep him in his place. Speaking to and humouring 

 a horse a little will often make him stop pulling. The 

 remarks I have made on page 40 about dropping the 

 hands when a horse gets his head up, and taking a pull 

 the moment he lowers it, may be referred to here. I 

 have remarked on page 192 that thin snaffles have a ten- 

 dency to make horses pull. If possible, a large smooth 

 snaffle should be used. If that does not prove sufficient 

 to hold a horse, a chain snaffle may be tried. We may 

 take for granted, especially as the pace will hold most 

 of them, that it is the fault of the jockey if a horse runs 

 away in a race. Allowance should of course be made 

 for small weak lads. 



As the majority of hard, determined pullers are done 

 running, when they stop pulling, being then left without 

 the power of making an effort, a jockey ought to be par- 

 ticularly careful to " keep a bit in hand " with a horse of 

 this sort. 



That hard pullers often fail to stay is frequently the 

 fault of their riders. I quite agree with Hiram Wood- 

 ruff, the celebrated American trainer, when he remarks 

 that, " It is often said that a horse cannot pull hard and 

 last ; and this is contrary to the facts that I am about 

 to mention. Trustee lasted ; and he was a hard puller. 



