BREAKING 79 



Whilst some people seem to have the 

 happy knack of doing the right thing 

 In the right place with horses, others 

 always do that which they ought not to 

 do. If I take a horse home which we 

 have been breaking, and say, *' Now, Mr. 

 So-and-so, we've brought your horse 

 back, and he goes right enough, but he's 

 got a particularly light mouth, which 

 Is sure to harden plenty In time. Let's 

 put him in your trap, and you can drive 

 him and see how he goes." We put him 

 in, and he takes the reins, and in spite 

 of what I've said as to his mouth. Instead 

 of speaking to him or clicking In the 

 usual way, he gives him a good old- 

 fashioned agricultural job in the mouth 

 with the reins to start with, which either 

 makes him rear or run back, and no 

 wonder. Or- — Illustration No. 2 — if I say, 

 ^' Mr. So-and-so, I've had some bother 



