52 GENERAL REMARKS. 



the reins, confounds him, and causes him to 

 mistake the wishes of his rider ; and tugging 

 bewilders and makes the horse furious. Yet 

 such a rider will frequently ascribe his own 

 fault to the horse, and again most unreason- 

 ably tug, jerk, saw, whip, kick, and spur him, 

 destroying the temper and docility of that 

 naturally gentle, sensitive, and noble animal ; 

 although it has been proved again and again 

 that horses do not require severity, but only 

 plain directions, being tractable enough when 

 they meet with kind treatment, and tender 

 tuition. 



The present most unaccountable mode of 

 carrying the whip is turned upwards and 

 leaning towards the horse's eye. Irregular 

 paces, startlings, false steps, and perhaps run- 

 ning away, are thus caused by his whole atten- 

 tion being absorbed by the shaking whip, 

 which appears to threaten him. Whenever a 

 whip is carried it should be with the point 

 downwards, out of the horse's sight, and ready 

 to be used on the right flank ; but when re- 

 quired for the left flank carry the whip straight 



