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bend his neck to the rein, while letting his hind- 

 quarters sprawl out behind, he will quickly tire, and 

 will, also, be a most unsafe '' conveyance," from 

 inability to raise his forehand, as occasion may 

 require. 



Lunging. — Although lunging usually forms a 

 considerable portion of the work given to young 

 horses, during their period of breaking, I mention it, 

 here, solely with the object of advising its discon- 

 tinuance altogether. Making a horse circle with the 

 weight on his forehand, while his hind-quarters are 

 " thrown out," not alone teaches him an awkward 

 style of moving, but is also a fertile cause of sprain 

 to the tendons and ligaments of the fore-limb. 

 Again, as it is much more easy for the vast majority 

 of men to keep turning round in one direction — in 

 one opposite to that in which the hands of a clock 

 revolve, for right-handed people — than in the other ; 

 it follows, that the generality of men, when they 

 lunge a colt or filly, will circle the young one more 



