84 PARK RIDING. 



A HORSE DIFFICULT TO MOUNT. 



This, like dropping, more properly belongs to 

 faults than vices, with this diiference, however, 

 that unhke dropping, it may be cured easily. 



" When a horse is difficult to mount, to what- 

 ever cause it may be owing, remember never to 

 beat him. Pat him quietly when you have ap- 

 proached him, stroke his head and mane, talk to 

 him, and while so doing clap the seat of saddle 

 with your hand. Keep your body still all the 

 while, place your foot in and out of the stirrup 

 two or three times without doing any more, to 

 encourage and make him familiar, and so remove 

 all fear from his mind when he is going to be 

 mounted. By little and by degress at last he 

 will let you mount him, then immediately get 

 down and remount several times. Do nothing 

 else with him at that time, and send him back to 

 the stable." 



