268 DRAUGHT AND HARNESS. 



will be seldom safe for a gentleman driver to under- 

 take the correction of restive horses himself — he will 

 do much better to leave this in the hands of profes- 

 sional people ; but any one can avoid making things 

 worse than they are by simply laying it [down as a 

 rule to investigate quietly the causes that have led 

 directly to the first overt act of rebellion or violence 

 before going further, especially before attempting severe 

 treatment. In very many cases it will be found that 

 there is something \\Tong with the harness or the bit- 

 ting or the carriage. Want of consideration in demand- 

 ing either too much, or something the horse does not 

 understand, are frequently causes of apparent restive- 

 ness. 



But having now pointed out the most usual mistakes 

 made, and also shown how they may be best avoided, 

 we take leave of this subject. 



