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anything or any place, if you can get the horse's 

 croup out. 



It is a good way to encourage and coax a horse 

 to go up to the thing he shies at, to convince him 

 there is nothing to fear, but use great caution in 

 doing so, for the second time will be worse than 

 the first, and make him fear to approach it. 



If you keep a horse's head from any object you 

 think he will shy at, he will soon become accus- 

 tomed to the thing — this requires great patience ; 

 with good management, the same as in most 

 matters in horsemanship, it can be effected by 

 degrees and with delicacy, at the same time with 

 resolution, preserving a good temper and judg- 

 ment. The voice greatly encourages a horse ; it 

 is necessary to work on his mind and then give 

 him time to reflect, for horses possess reflection. 



The coolest and best-natured riders will, as 

 Lord Pembroke has observed, always succeed 

 best. You very seldom see cart horses shy. 

 They are accustomed to the voice. The ancients 

 managed their horses by the voice alone and so 



