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DRIVING 



of being startled or hurt through being carelessly- 

 taken out — the shafts have bruised him or the 

 breeching or kicking-strap not unloosed — becomes 

 troublesome afterwards. 



Horses have long memories and do not forget 

 anything which frightens them, especially during 

 their first lessons at the most impressionable 

 periods of their lives. This is especially the case 

 with motors or threshing-machines, and nowadays 

 it is impossible to avoid meeting motors ; there- 



HAND PART OF DKIVING-REIN 



ORDINARY DRIVING-REIN 



(Plain riding-reins have of course no buckles, and therefore cannot catch 

 in the martingale) 



fore a young horse must be thoroughly broken to 

 them, and cannot be termed quiet to ride and 

 drive if he dislikes them. A good plan is to turn 

 youngsters out in a field where such objects of 

 their terror pass and repass. 



Patching-Up Screws 



The word screw is far too familiar to need any 

 explanation in this book or in any other. Need- 

 less to say, it means that such horses are invari- 

 ably unsound, but by no means incapable of 

 working in the majority of instances. 



