46 EFFECT OF INDICATIONS. [CHAP. 



vicious. Really to collect himself, a horse must bend 

 himself. We cannot too often repeat Ovid's line, 



Flectitis aut freno colla sequacis equi. 



With horses obstinately addicted to the left leg, which 

 is frequently a result of being longed only to the left, it 

 is a good plan to canter them side -footed to the right, 

 that is, on a level line, on the side of a hill which rises 

 to the right. In this case a very slight slope will incline 

 the horse to take his right leg, and on the side of a steep 

 hill he can scarcely avoid it. 

 Tte shy There are three gradations in riding the shy horse. 



horse. 



A man who pulls his horse's head towards what he 

 expects him to shy at, and uses violence, makes his horse 

 shy. A man who leaves his horse's head entirely loose, 

 lets his horse shy. And a man who turns his horse's 

 head from what he expects him to shy at, prevents his 

 horse from shying. Do not imagine that there will be 

 any danger of the horse getting into trouble on the side 

 opposite to what he shies at: the very contrary will be 



