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teach a cob he had which was pecuHarly 

 nervous ; a mere swish of the whip would 

 make it, when in harness, start off at ten 

 miles an hour. He smiled at my idea, and 

 said that the more I hit her the more 

 nervous and wild she would become. I 

 gave her three or four lessons, and this was 

 the result in actual practice : — The night 

 before I left, some horses were being- 

 driven down the road, when this cob 

 made a run at the fence that sej^arated 

 her from them, and calmly trotted after 

 them. I seized a whip and walked after 

 her. A mile from home I found her 

 standing in the middle of the road. I 

 loudly cracked the whip as I walked up 

 to her (which, one would think, would 

 have made her turn round and run), 



