10 MILITARY BIDING NOT [CHAP. 



This is something like steaming without steering. 



Result of g e t them on a finely broken horse, on a colt, or a restive 



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restive' horse, and they become helpless children the powerless 



horses. 



prisoners of the brutes they bestride. How often does 

 one see one's acquaintance in this distressing situation, 

 with courage enough to dare what man dare, but without 

 the power to do what the rough-rider has just done ! 

 First comes the false indication of the rider, then the 

 confusion and hesitation of the horse ; next the violence 

 of the rider; then the despair and rebellion of the 

 horse. The finish is a fractured limb from a rear or a 

 runaway. The poor brute is set down as restive and in 

 fact becomes more or less a misanthrope for the rest of 

 his days. I have seen the gentle and brave, under such 

 circumstances, act very much like the cruel and cowardly ; 

 that is to say, first rough an innocent animal for their 

 own fault, and then yield to his resistance. It is in 

 consequence of this that we find so many restive horses ; 

 that so few thorough-bred horses that is, horses of the 

 highest courage can be made hunters; that, in fact, 



