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touch or two with the whip below the hocks, so as to 

 prevent him fixing his hind legs on the ground as a 

 " defence," will soon teach him to come round quickly. 

 If he be found to be " harder " on one side of the mouth 

 than on the other he should be turned more sharply to 



Fig. 90. Position from which to circle horse (to left, for instance). 



the former than to the latter, until he turns equally well 

 to both sides. I advise hitting the horse, when using the 

 lunging whip, below the hocks ; for he is less liable to 

 show the marks of the lash on that part of his legs, than 

 above the hocks, where the bones are covered with muscle. 

 Besides, I am inclined to think that a cut below the hocks 



