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Woi'king in hand, is the process to which the horse 

 must be next broke ; and though in reahty by no 

 means difficult, it is what few people can accomplish 

 with success; a quick eye, asteady,but active movement, 

 and a good and persevering temper being required. 

 The horse's head is bent inward by means of a strap, 

 tied from the side-ring of the cavesson to the ring on 

 the pad : trotting is the pace that should be first used 

 in this. In the use of this strap the eye is apt to be 

 chafed, to prevent which, a strap and buckle is attached 

 to the head-stall under the throat; thus the strap may 

 be used as tight as the breaker deems fit, and no 

 damage can happen to the organ of sight. 



When the horse leans on this bending-strap, remove 

 the cavesson, and use in its place a long cord, attached 

 in the first instance to the ring of the pad, and carried 

 thence through the eye of the snaffle. 



THE TURKISH HORSE. 



These horses are principally an intermixture between 

 the Arab and Persian, some of which are very fine, and 

 have been noticed by numberless travellers. When 

 imported to England, they have occasionally improved 

 our breed materially. Slade, in his travels, gives us 

 the following account of the Turkish stable-manage- 

 ment, and at the same time praises the animal : — 



" Large apertures in the walls, and the roof con- 

 stantly admitting the air, it being a principle with the 

 Osmanleys to keep their stables cool, covering their 

 horses with thick clothes ; and as no country presents 

 greater variety of chmate than Turkey in Europe, no 



