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bought her for a ten-pound note, and he smiled when 

 my sister and I took the mare away ; but I noticed a 

 long, strange look pass over his face the next market- 

 day when I drove the mare through the High Street 

 in my Stratford cart. After the confidence lesson the 

 pulling-rope was what I used to teach the mare not to 

 run back ; and a lesson in long reins soon put her right. 

 I sold her the following week to a friend who insisted 

 upon buying her, and tempted me with a very handsome 

 profit. 



I have found that when I have been handling a bad 

 jibber, and have nearly got the upper hand of him, he 

 turns to kicking for a change ; but I always think this 

 is a good sign, and I then work him in long reins and tie 

 a few tin pans to his tail and let him have his kick out. 

 After all, this is only temper because he can see he is 

 being gradually made to pull and do as / wish. I do 

 not believe in pouring water down a jibber's ears, nor 

 do I agree with lighting fires under the animal to frighten 

 him into starting. Many horsemen resort to these 

 foolish methods for want of knowing better, and I hope 

 that when they read my system of handling a nappy 

 horse they will discontinue the old brute-force methods 

 and try kindness and common sense. 



The way some horses are constantly kept in the stable 



