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the outward rein. When he has made a 

 few turns about he should press both leo^s 

 and drive the horse forward This will 

 likely succeed on the first trial, but if not 

 he should repeat the process until it does. 

 If a horse has sufficient work and a good 

 rider, he will seldom shy. A nervous rider 

 on a shying horse is a very uncomfortable 

 combination. A steam roller is sighted 

 half a mile ofP, and the rider makes up his 

 mind that there will be a shy; he thereupon 

 takes hard hold of the horse's head and 

 grips tight with his legs, in ill-disguised 

 trepidation. This is all taken in by the 

 quadruped, who begins to look out for the 

 cause of alarm, and spying the steam roller, 

 feels in duty bound to fulfil his riders 

 expectations. Had he been ridden boldly 

 he might have said to himself : my rider is 

 not afraid, why should I be ? It is quite 

 possible to get a shying horse past the 

 object by turning his head away from it, 

 and going past at the shoulder in. As to 

 going close up to it, a useful lesson may 

 thereby be given to the young horse, but 

 it cannot do much good when he has gained 

 experience. He can see the object perfectly 

 well a little way off, and if kept standing 



