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he be your husband^ and consequently not licensed to 

 complain. 



Of vices in the horse I have said nothing, because it is 

 inexcusable to put a lady on one that is not known to be 

 good-tempered and quiet. If your horse kicks or plunges 

 from freshness, your groom should "catch it.^' If he rears, 

 hold on to anything you like, bar the bridle. A horse who 

 has reared twice in a decided and dangerous manner 

 should be parted with at once. And here I come to the 

 end of my lucubrations, trusting that, though there is 

 much good advice on this subject which my ignorance 

 has prevented my giving, yet that I have advised nothing 

 dangerous or impracticable. 



Mechanical contrivances, such as martingales, punish- 

 ing nose-bands, and running reins, I have said nothing 

 about, considering that an animal requiring such tackle, 

 or possessing any temper or restiveness whatever, is a 

 brute quite unworthy of mention in an essay upon " The 

 Lady^s Horse." 



