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headstall of bridle at the top of the head, which 

 acting as a gag, will sometimes stop him. You 

 must keep your seat at all hazards. If you try 

 to stop the horse you will very likely take his 

 attention off any object that presents danger, and 

 then he may run into it. We recommend the 

 rider to drop his hands, and pull every other 

 stride before the forelegs come to the ground, 

 and while they are off the ground the horse has 

 not half the power he possesses when they are 

 forward, for, as Adams says, " If a garter were 

 placed across your forehead, and a person behind 

 you had hold of the tAvo ends, held in a longitu- 

 dinal direction, if you stood quite upright, you 

 could not pull at his hand, nor endure the hand 

 to pull at you, without running or falling back- 

 w^ards, and this is the situation of a horse when 

 united. Again, when you feel the hand severe, 

 or expected to pull, you would guard against the 

 consequence by bending the body, or projecting 

 the head, and placing one foot behind. This is 

 the situation of the horse when disunited, or 



