HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP. 39 



his turning towards the object, and fronting it. This will be 

 sufficient if the horse has always been well ridden; if he has 

 been badly ridden, you must turn his head from the object of 

 his alarm at least sufficiently to see his right eye. And if he 

 has been ill-used for being alarmed, you must turn his head 

 still more towards the hedge or ditch on the right-hand side, 

 so as to make him pass the object with his head inclined from 

 it, and his croupe towards it. Do not imagine that there 

 will be any danger of his going into the ditch on that account, 

 the very contrary will be the case. If, indeed, you pull his 

 head towards the object of his alarm, and oblige him to face 

 it, he is very likely, indeed, to run backwards from it ; and 

 while his whole attention is fixed before him, he will go back- 

 wards over Dover cliff, if it chance to be behind him. Under 

 such circumstances, you cannot too soon turn your horse's 

 head, and his attention, from the fancied to the substantial 

 ill. But on common occasions the turning his head to the 

 right, should be as gradual and imperceptible as possible. 



