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ground is a thing that he did not perhaps expect, and when 

 you square him to his front, it is most likely he will walk 

 on quietly ; then take care not to provoke him to quarrel 

 farther by beating him, and after he has tried this trick a 

 few times, and finds that you are as willing to turn as he 

 is, he will give up the contest. There are many ways of 

 defeating the horse without severity; for we must bear in 

 mind, that cruelty brought him to this state of stubbornness ; 

 therefore, after the rider has turned him round, and he still 

 refuses to go forward in the direction required, he should 

 turn him again with his quarters towards that direction, 

 and attack him by reining him back. This will be an ap- 

 propriate punishment, for it is easier for him to advance ten 

 yards than rein back one. Some horses will try to take 

 their rider against walls or railings ; and an inexperienced 

 one would, in nine cases out of ten, try to pull the horse's" 

 head away from them, but by so doing, he would expose 

 his own leg to danger ; instead of this, he should pull the 

 horse's head to the wall or railings, and then if he hurts 

 any one, it will be himself, which being a result he did not 

 intend nor anticipate, he will be cautious how he repeats 

 the trick. Thus, as I said before, the rider being on his 

 guard, and anticipating the moves the horse may make, is 

 ready at such a time to thwart him, and these are the means 

 that defeat him : cruelty will never do so, for he has had 

 too much of that already. 



My opinion is, that a horse confirmed in these tricks can 

 never be safely relied on, for although an experienced rider 

 may be able to defeat him, yet it will be a work of time, 

 combined with great patience and some danger ; and as 

 soon as he had a chance with an inferior rider, he would 

 resort to his old tricks again. An exception may be met 

 with here and there ; but this is the exception, the rule is 

 as I say. 



