CHAPTER VIII 



Whips and Spurs--Leading and 

 Longeing 



Leading — Longeing. 



There is nothing in which men accustomed to deal 

 with horses require greater discretion than in the 

 apphcation of the whip. 



The whip, when judiciously employed, is a most 

 useful appliance ; the abuse of it, on the other hand, 

 is likely to be productive of more harm than good. 



The two all-important matters, which every rider or 

 driver ought carefully to study in this connection, 

 are when to use the whip, and when to abstain 

 from its use. Different animals, of course, must 



