330 KESTIVENESS : ITS PJIEVENTION AND CUEE. 



everything may be fairly hoped from patience, judg- 

 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 Roman roughrider 

 dragging a rearing horse over on himself. 



