8'2 ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



thus i^^ ^^-^^^^^^ and I therefore pro- 



pofc to clafs him under one of thefe denomina- 

 tions. 



The Threatener is another of this fpecies 

 that ought not to be forgot, and indeed he 

 feldom is by any one who has once poflefs'd 

 him. By the Threatener, Man himfelf, the 

 Lord of the Creation, who fubdues all the 

 animals that range the forell:, is himfelf kept 

 in fear and trepidation. This ingenious ani- 

 mal has the fagacity at every flep to threa- 

 ten the frafture of his rider's neck ; proba- 

 bly with a view to difcourage and even 

 abolifh the cuftom of riding in general : 

 and at the fame time the good {Qiifc not to 

 fall quite down, left, he fhould accidentally 

 break his own. As amongft pigeons, fo 

 amongft horfes, there are Tumblers. The feat 

 is, however, performed diiferently, and varies 

 confiderably in its effe<5ts on the performers. 

 As the pigeon executes this without any thing 



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