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ment, let it act when he does attempt to rear, and stroke 

 him down, gentle him, and talk kindly to him when he leaves 

 off his nonsense and does as you want. 



Upon the horse's coming to the ground the rider must be 

 careful not to take hold of his head too suddenly, and, if riding 

 with a double bridle, on no account to touch the bit rein, 

 for this, assuredly, will send him up in the air again. If 

 the horse spars with his fore legs, there is Uttle danger of 

 his falling backwards, but when he rears with them, and his 

 feet bent under him, after the fashion of a dog standing up 

 to beg, danger is to be apprehended. Professor Galvayne's 

 No. 2 twitch has been successfully and publicly tried, on 

 various occasions, notably at Durham, on an inveterate 

 rearer and plunger, " Cicily,"' by Ruperra. 



A horse that is given to rearing, even in its mildest form, 

 is no '' mount " for a lady ; and if the habit cannot be 

 eradicated by the Galvayning system — a system to which all 

 good-looking, inveterate vicious horses should be subjected 

 — then ''get rid of him.'' 



Kicking. 



On a horse suddenly taking to kicking, first ascertain 

 that he is not bothered by a fly, and see that the saddle 

 does not pinch or hurt him, as badly-stuffed ones are apt to 

 do. A hard, unyielding stuffing will dispose the most gentle 

 animals to kick, and always aggravates the vice in those 

 viciously disposed to lash out. There is very little danger 

 to the rider in this disagreeable habit ; but, in a crowded 

 ride, such as Rotten Row, or in the hunting-field, when a mob 

 of mounted folk are crowding through the same gateway, 

 or " skirting " down the same lane, the peril to other riders 

 and their quadrupeds is considerable. 



When a horse stands still, lavs his ears back, shows the 



