28 HORSE DOCTOR. 



been transferred to the iTiana<rement of a younger and. 

 more agile rider than he became perfectly subdued. 

 Severity will here, more decidedly than in any other 

 case, do harm. "^Fhe rider should be fearless — he should 

 carelessly and confidently approach the horse, mount at 

 the first effort, and then restrain him for a while ; pat- 

 ting him, and not suffering him to proceed until he be- 

 comes perfectly quiet. Horses of this kind should not 

 be too highly fed, and should have sufficient daily ex- 

 ercise. 



When the difficulty of mounMng arises, not from eager- 

 ness to start, but unwillingness to be ridden, the sooner 

 that horse is disposed of the better. He may be con- 

 quered by a skilful and determined horseman; but even 

 he will not succeed without frequent and dangerous 

 contests that will mar all the pleasure of the ride. 



HEARING. 



This sometimes results from playfulness, carried, in- 

 deed, to an unpleasant and dangerous extent; but it is 

 oftener a desperate and occasionally successful effort to 

 unhorse the rider, and consequently a vice. The horse 

 that has twice decidedly and dangerously reared, should 

 -never be trusted again, unless, indeed, it was the fault 

 of the rider, who had been using a deep curb and a sharp 

 bit. Sonie of the best horses will contend against these, 

 and then roaring may be innnediately and permanently 

 cured by using a snaffle-bridle alone. 



The horse-breaker's remedy, that of pulling the horse 

 backward on a soft piece of ground, should be practised 

 by retkless and brutal fellows alone. Many horses have 

 been injured in the spine, and others liave broken their 

 necks, by being thus suddenly pulled over ; while even 

 the fellow, who fears no danq^er, is not always able to 

 extricate hin)self from the falliuL'" horse. If rearing pro- 

 ceeds from vice, and is unprovoked by the bruising and 

 laceration of the mouth, it fully }iartakes of the invete- 

 racy which attends the other divisions of restivenesa. 



