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Jumper seems to have had extraordmary 

 power over other animals beside the Horse ; 

 for he is said to have tamed a buffalo for the 

 saddle, for Mr. Tempest, and a pair of rein- 

 deer for harness, for Lord Fitzwilliam. The 

 manner of Jumper's treatment seems intel- 

 hgible ; his charm consisted chiefly in fear- 

 lessness and brute force. He would gene- 

 rally try rough measures first ; and in his 

 perilous encounters with some of these trou- 

 blesome animals, had nearly every bone of his 

 body fractured. Jumper, however, seemed to 

 have some sort of ma;;ic about him ; for it is 

 said, when he had, by dint of punishment, 

 striven in vain to conijuer an unruly Horse in 

 the market-place of Wakefield, he alighted, 

 stood on the near side of the Horse, brousfht 

 the animal's head almost back to his oflf- 

 shoulder, by forcibly pulling at his off-rein, 

 and then sternly gazing at him over the 

 withers for two or three minutes. The ani- 

 mal began to tremble, and broke out in a pro- 

 fuse perspiration. Jumper then loosened his 

 hold of the rein, and patted and caressed the 

 Horse, who immediately followed him round 

 the market place perfectly subdued. 



Jumper is described as having been em- 

 ployed in the contested elections for York- 

 shire, covered with orange plush from top to 

 toe, and scampering in every direction over 

 the county. Sometimes he would exchange 

 this costume for a bear-skin, enveloped in 

 which, and mounted occasionally on a buffalo, 

 he was indeed a most formidable looking 

 object. 



We have been speaking of a naturally bad 

 tempered Horse ; but we would inquire how 

 many really good-tempered Horses have been 

 ruined by bad and passionate breakers ? How 

 often have we witnessed some vouns: Horses 



refuse to take the collar at starting, and begin 

 to back ; the whip is applied, which sometime.i 

 does not produce the desired effect, but flurries 

 the animal, and instead of putting a stone be- 

 hind the wheel, the driver loses his temper, 

 flogs the Horse, and puts him in a fair way 

 to become a gibber. When the Horse finds 

 it more difficult to back than to go forward, 

 he is apt to adopt the least impediment of the 

 two, and goes forward. It would be advan- 

 tageous, as often as it could be managed, so 

 to start that the Horse should have to back 

 up-hill. The difficulty of accomplishing this 

 will soon make him readily go forward at 

 once ; and a little coaxing, or leading, or 

 moderate use of the whip, will assist in ac- 

 complishing the cure. 



When a Horse first begins to gib, persua- 

 sion should be first tried ; and afterwards, 

 reasonable coercion, but no cruelty : for the 

 brutality which is often exercised in attempt- 

 ing to compel a gibbing Horse to throw him- 

 self habitually in the collar, never yet accom- 

 plished the purpose. Such a Horse may be 

 put in a stage-coach as a wheeler, and par- 

 ticularly as the near-wheeler ; or in the middle 

 of a team at agricultural work, he may be 

 serviceable. It will be useless for him to at- 

 tempt to gib there, for he will be dragged on 

 by his companions whether he will or no ; 

 and finding the inutility of resistance, he will 

 soon be induced to work as well as any other 

 Horse in the team. This reformation will last 

 while he is thus employed ; but, like restive- 

 ness generally, it will be delusive when the 

 Horse returns to his former occupation. Some 

 instances of complete reformation have taken 

 place ; but they are the exceptions to the rule. 



When a Horse, not accustomed to gib, be- 

 trays a reluctance to work, humanity will 



