54 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



accomplish this) turn it about a few times by 

 drawing the right (or left) rein, and pressing in the 

 heel of the same side. This 'rolling up' is often 

 very effective, as it confuses the horse and gives it 

 an idea that it is helpless in the hands of the rider. 

 A sufficient amount of work in a fair trot is the best 

 remedy for restlessness that I know, and usually a 

 horse is less apt to show vice in a well-cadenced 

 trot than under any other circumstances. 



If a horse turns its croup to either hand, and 

 sidles away from the line the rider wishes to follow, 

 its head 7nust be pitlled to the same side\ this will 

 straighten the horse, and it can then be put in the 

 original direction. 



A horse rears either viciously when it almost 

 invariably first gets behind the hand, or because 

 the bit has been too severe upon its mouth. In the 

 latter case there is nothing to be done but to loosen 

 the reins, and, when the animal has come to the 

 ground, to push it forward. When the horse sud- 

 denly drops the jaw, and then as quickly stiffens 

 it against the hand, and rears, the rider may be 

 sure that he has an old offender who is trying his 

 nerve and skill. The only cure for such a subject 

 is a thorough course of suppling ; and it is exceed- 

 ingly difficult to determine what other course should 

 be followed with a horse that rears in this manner. 



