BEARING-REIN AND HAME-REIN 71 



For some time past I have carried leaflets in my 

 pocket of these two pictures ; and when I have met 

 horses reined in, I have ridden up to the man or lad 

 in charge, and with a ' Good-morning, my friend ! 

 Will you kindly read this, and try the good idea it 

 gives you ?' on I go. I never use the word ' advice '; 

 people object to others giving them 'advice.' And it 

 really is splendid the way they ' catch on to a new 

 idea.' Later on I see ' freedom and power ' established, 





FIG. -52. — EA£E AND POWER. 



and the hard-working horse enjoying ' a nice, easy 

 position.' If the man seems inclined to be surly 

 and resent your advances, just crack a seasonable 

 joke with him, and you will rarely fail to achieve 

 your object, and effect yet one more ' bid for freedom/ 

 As for the bearing-rein, it is even more atrocious 

 in its cruelty, because it is used by people who really 

 ought to know better. They use it as a mark of 

 their opulence and superiority, in order to make 

 their horses look smarter and better than other 

 people's, as if they possessed a pride and dignity 



