56 HAY SEED, OR HOW TO 



eight or ten miles at the same rate as behind the horse 

 and you will be able to appreciate the difference. I would 

 not give a cent to ride behind a horse if I couldn't drive 

 him. I have no doubt many men have experienced the 

 difference between riding with a friend, he doing the 

 driving, and driving themselves. 



In recovering a horse from a break, some horses acquire 

 the habit of catching their gait by a pull upon the left 

 rein, some will only catch with the right, which habit is 

 formed by the driver to whom they owe their education. 

 A horse should not be snatched fromx side to side but 

 steady him until he knows what he is about, and ordina- 

 rily by a slight shake of the bit he will recover his trot 

 readily. Never allow a horse to slacken his rate of speed 

 if it is possible to catch himj without doing so. There is 

 occasionally a horse that will leave his feet and make a 

 couple of jumps, when a steady pull will seemingly catch 

 him in the air and he will land in a square trot and ap- 

 parently glorying in his accomplishment. Horses that 

 leave their feet without cause, like interfering, brushing 

 themselves, etc., and are moving entirely within their limit 

 of speed, a little whalebone does a world of good, and 

 you can make them understand by its use, that you will 

 put up with no such foolishness. But before you use the 

 whip be sure that the horse is not brushing himself any- 

 where, in which case you would commit an unpardonable 

 mistake by whipping him, and a horse may be guilty of 

 the offense of leaving his feet in a//^j/«/ manner without 

 being able seemingly to control his animal spirits. Work 

 is the remedy to be applied in this case instead of the 

 whip. 



