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have to be borne with becoming philosophy ; as, 

 for instance, prancing and refusal to walk quietly, 

 when " fresh " ; chucking up the head ; stargazing ; 

 boring to one side ; shewing excitement in harness 

 when the whip is cracked ; shying off the ball at 

 polo ; refusal to stand perfectly steady when 

 being mounted ; etc. I need hardly say that the 

 knowledge, which I shall endeavour to impart to 

 my readers, of the art of giving a horse a 

 snaffle-bridle mouth and to render him steady 

 and reliable, is of infinitely more value to every- 

 one, except, perhaps, to the showman who re- 

 quires an advertisement, than instruction, which 

 I shall also supply, in methods for taming man- 

 eaters, and other exceptionally dangerous animals. 

 This art of " horse taming " is of very little 

 practical use ; for the need of its application is 

 of but rare occurrence. Even the celebrated 

 Rarey, after subduing three or four " savages," 

 when in England, had to content himself with 

 exhibiting them about the country, as reformed 



