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fear to the horse's mind through the effect of the bridle 

 upon the mouth, while the horse will frequently antici- 

 pate the approach of a danger which is, in fact, imagi- 

 nary, by feeling an undue pressure, or a sudden and 

 undecided loosening or tremulous motion of the rider's 

 legs or knees. He is, consequently, suddenly alarmed, 

 fancies that the very first object which he meets is the 

 cause of the supposed danger, and tries, as instinct 

 prompts him, to avoid it. 



If a horse that has been ridden by a nervous rider 

 for a few times only be taken in hand by a thorough 

 and good-reined horseman, it will be found that he will 

 recover his self-confidence in a very few days' work. 

 It is a fault of greater or less magnitude, according to 

 the time that may be required for its eradication, and 

 therefore, until the cure be effected, and it be certain 

 that no injury will accrue from past mismanagement? 

 such a fault is a VICE. 



The horse that will not even step over a straw, 

 when ridden by an undecided and hesitating rider, will j 

 frequently take any leap with him who rides with cool 

 determination and a steady hand : so that, when the j 

 horse has contracted no permanent habit, but shies only 

 while he is ridden in a nervous manner, as the fault 

 is not in the horse, but in the master, the act of so J 

 shying does not constitute a VICE. \ 



Vice does not always render an animal returnable to 

 the vendor. If, through nervousness or any fault in 



