442 RIDING DIFFICULT HORSES. 



venient object, such as a tree or wall. As he will 

 naturally do this on the left side, his rider should try 

 to turn him to the left to make him bring her away 

 from the object in question. In other respects she 

 should act as recommended in " Jibbing." 



BACKING. 



This is another variety of jibbing ; but it is also 

 caused by using a severe bit which a horse is afraid to 

 face. If the bitting and saddling are right, a touch 

 with the whip given behind the girth will generally 

 prove effective. Sometimes a horse will deliberately 

 back in order to kick another. In the hunting field, 

 mares are at times very apt to try this trick, so care 

 should be taken to prevent it. 



PULLING. 



I have found from experience that the best kind of 

 gear in which to hold a hard puller, who goes along 

 with his mouth open and is so headstrong that he will 

 not slacken speed when required, is an ordinary double 

 bridle, a cavesson nose-band and a standing martingale. 

 It is far better for ladies, especially out hunting, to 

 ride animals in gear in which they are able to hold 

 them, than to have them dashing about as they like, 

 and proving a source of danger, not only to their 

 riders, but to the rest of the field. A lady should 

 never ride a hard puller when hunting ; but as some of 

 us have to put up with what we can get, it is well to 



