AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 63 



he is not prepared to resist a demand 

 for a backward movement, and he will 

 soon tire of that unusual mode and 

 start forward at the first hint from his 

 rider. But a horse properly broken 

 and trained will not be guilty of such 

 contumacy, and will not be apt to 

 show the vices of which I am about 

 to speak, but for which the rider must 

 be prepared. 



If a horse bolts the rider should not 

 fatigue himself by taking a steady drag 

 upon the mouth. Leaning back, with 

 the breech well under him, and bearing 

 no weight in the stirrups, the rider 

 should take a succession of pulls upon 

 the bit, one following the other suffi- 

 ciently near to obtain cumulative 

 effect. When the horse appears to 



