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your horse a better hold on the bit ; but set yourself 

 to steadily pull the shorter rein to meet the longer, 

 and quick as lightning slip the same hand down again 

 and repeat the process. A horse can't stand that 

 dead, steady pull which gradually, but surely, gets 

 his head round out of the level. The mad gallop 

 slackens, down goes the head, and you have got 

 him. Don't get out your whip and brutalize him, 

 but quiet him down, and then keep him going until 

 he is wearied out ; and in the future drive or ride 

 more on your guard. Now, don't say : ' Oh yes, 

 that's all very well on paper, but it can't be done.' 

 I say: ' Oh yes, it can;' it's a good strain on your 

 muscles and temper and pluck, too. I have done it 

 myself, and found it answer under a quarter of a 

 mile ; but you must keep cool at all costs. A horse 

 feels every mood his rider or driver is in, and as a 

 rule acts accordingly — at least, that is my experience, 

 and it has extended over a good number of years. 



Remember, I am speaking throughout this work 

 of our English horses and our English mode of 

 using them. 



THE END 



BILLING ANH SONS. LTD., fRINTERS, GUILDFORD 



