PARK RIDING. 71 



VICES, 



*' Keep justice, judgment, and mercy always in 

 view." 



The vices of a horse, against which the rider 

 should always stand prepared, are kicking, rear- 

 ing, shying, plunging, running away, and other 

 actions which come under the head of restiveness, 

 A horse addicted to either of them is unfit for 

 Park riding. 



If a horse blows his nostrils he shows the sign 

 of good humour. The eye of a horse, as all 

 writers concur in saying, is generally an index of 

 his inclinations, whether passion, malice, health, 

 or indisposition ; and his ears which ought not to 

 be stationary are certain indicators of his passions. 

 He shows with equal clearness his sense of fear 

 by darting them forward, and his feeling of anger 



