IP ARK RIDING, 65 



DEOPPING. 



Although we might place this amongst Vices^ 

 it may be said to be rather a defect proceeding 

 from natural causes, for, as it has been observed, 

 an upright shoulder is a mark of a stumbling 

 horse. 



Do not whip or correct a horse after he drops, 

 or has made a false step, nor for anything after it 

 is over. Horses frequently make false steps 

 through the carelessness of the rider. Some 

 people become negligent and appear to sleep on 

 horseback, and then when the horse drops, or 

 steps false, they blame him and not themselves. 

 A horse never drops if he can help it, and there- 

 fore when he does, it is not his fault. If he does 

 this often, part with him. (Horses with bad habits 

 are never fit to carry ladies.) 



You may not be always united or holding your 



