RUNNING AAVAY. 85 



and when they heard Whoa! they stopped so 

 quick that they fairly slide on their hind feet. 

 Drivers don't talk to their horses enough; when their 

 horses start to run off they pull on the lines and keep 

 still, while if they would talk to them they could get 

 them quiet before the horse would get the advantage 

 of theim. I will give you the best way to stop a run- 

 away horse with a straight bar bit : As soon as you see 

 that he has the advantage of you; and is determined to 

 run off, let him run for ten or fifteen rods; then pull 

 in steady on the lines. Now hold the left hand perfectly 

 still, and give a powerful jerk with the right hand. 

 Give the command Whoa! at the same time, and if you 

 will repeat the jerk and command once, you will in- 

 variably stop your horse. It surprises and disconcerts 

 him quicker than any other process you could use with 

 the lines. By the old process of sea-sawing with the 

 lines, you have but little more power over the 

 horse than just pulling on the lines. If the horse has a 

 very blunt, hard mouth, it would be advisable to train 

 the mouth with the First Form War bridle; that will 

 give you friction in the mouth, ,and you can soon make 

 it flexible to an easy bit. There are more horses taught 

 to pull or lug on the bit by the use of severe bits, than 

 from any other cause. A horse of that kind should be 

 drilled thoroughly on the words Steady and Whoal 



