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liorns, and this frequently happens from some 

 fault of their own. The horse may be nervous 

 and shy at some object it does not thoroughly 

 understand, when, instead of a gentle word and 

 a slight pull of the head in an opposite direction, 

 down comes the whip or in go the spurs, when 

 the animal plunges forward, and is then met with 

 a chop in the mouth with the bit and pinched 

 underneath with the curb, or sawn from side to 

 side if driven with a snaffle. No man should 

 '''• saw" a horse unless it is in the act of running 

 away. 



