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easy tempered horse that requires a real touch ol" the whip, is a far 

 less suffering animal, and is far more safe for a timid driver, than 

 the nervous animal that is always anxious to go from a sense of 

 fear. No well fed, well bred, and moderately worked horse, will 

 be likely to want much whip, but the most mild and trustworthy 

 animals, such as a lady can securely drive, arc almost always the 

 better for knowing that there is a whip about, and a hand that 

 can use it. We have known some ladies Avho, after a serious accident 

 with over-lively horses, have come to the conclusion that no 

 horse is safe that will go without a whip. The young lady who 

 has learned to ride does well not to tolerate a horse that requires 

 the whip, but the matron that wants to go safely about with her 

 loved ones, will feel all the more secure with a harness horse that 

 is always willing to take things easy. 



572. — AVe once saw a magnificent carriage with a pair of fine 

 dark bays come out of a stable yard at Bath and drive under 

 one of the large arches that support Bridge Street, to a quiet 

 lane, where the driver gave one of his horses four or five severe 

 cuts with a light whip, at the same time holding both horses back 

 until they appeared ready to fly through the harness. He then 

 drove to Pulteney Street and took a lady into the carriage. On 

 his return to the yard, we followed him in and spoke to him about 

 the whipping. We found him obsequiously civil, and evidently 

 alarmed. He said that his near-side horse was a free, hot 

 tempered creature, that he could hardly hold back, and that the 

 oflF-side horse was a quiet tempered, easy going animal, that 

 wanted an occasional touch of the whip, but when his lady was in 

 the carriage she would not allow him to be touched, so that he 

 had to take him somewhere and give him as much whip, before 

 the lady got in, as would keep him up with the other horse until 

 she got out again. 



57;}. — After due , consideration we thought it as well to go no 

 farther with our interference, but to leave the good tempered, 

 well fed, happy looking horse to the enjoyment of his present 

 luxurious life, with the slight drawback of five cuts a day, rather 

 than do anything that might hasten his transfer to the weary toil 

 and the heavy whip thong of a Hansom cab. 



bli. — Most boys learn to use the whip with moderate skill but 



