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long, but this should of course be arrived 

 at by slow degrees, and under the care of 

 an experienced and judicious trainer. A 

 good way to give further strength and 

 practice to a horse is to ride him over three 

 jumps, three feet high, and ten feet apart. 

 These buck jumps are good practice both 

 for horses and men. 



SHYING. 



The chief causes of shying are fear, vice, 

 playfulness, and defective sight. When it 

 comes from the last, the only safe course is 

 to get rid of the horse ; he may be very 

 useful in double harness, with blinkers on 

 him. As to the three remaining causes, it 

 may be stated that a good horseman, 

 especially if he and his horse know one 

 another, can generally manage to ride past 

 the bogey without much trouble. He uses 

 his legs, perhaps an armed heel, and keeps 

 up a playful feeling of the bit, all of which 

 help to fix the horse's attention more on 

 himself than on the dreaded object. 

 Should this be unavailing he must not 

 punish but turn him about on his centre, 

 to the right and left alternately, applying 

 the inward leg and supporting him with 



