ON HORSEMANSHIP. 2^9 



As for a fluggilh bead, the befl; manner of treating 

 him will be, in mod inftanccs, to obferve a method di- 

 redly contrary to that which is prefcribed for the 

 management of one of an oppofite charadler *. 



CHAP. X. 



IF any one wiflies to have an horfe poflefTed of all the 

 qualities requifite for war, and, moreover, ftately and 

 beautiful: he muft take care not to oflend or harafs his 

 mouth, by a rafh and indifcreet hand; and, likewife, 

 never to ufe the IVbip or Spur, but with great modera- 

 tion and judgment. Ignorant people exped to make 

 the horfe appear more brilliant and beautiful by thefe 

 violences, whereas the contrary effeft is fure to hap- 

 pen, for the horfe becomes fo difordered and irregu- 

 lar by thefe provocations, that he no longer attends 

 to his manner of going, no longer fees the way be- 

 fore him; but being interrupted, vexed, and diftreffed, 

 and falling into confufion, hurries his rider and him- 

 felf into manifeft danger; and that appearance he will 

 make in this fituation, far from being graceful, will 

 be very unbecoming. 



* In forming horfes to different purpofes, thofe who are employed 

 about them Ihould deal with them as Pbyficians treat difeafes ; viz. by 

 Contraries. — ^. fluggifli horfe fhould be animated and rouzed ; and one 

 which is of a fiery nature, fliould be pacified and reftrained. 



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