VICE OUTSIDE STABLE 145 



brute of vile and uncertain temper, unfit for service in 

 at least this capacity, to man. 



Setting and Lying Down in Harness. — 



A " jibber " or setter, is a horse that objects to 

 go in the direction that the driver wishes him to. 



Perhaps he has been proceeding in a straight" 

 enough manner for a part of the journey, until, without 

 the slightest apparent cause, he suddenly turns most 

 pig-headed and comes to an abrupt standstill from 

 which it is almost impossible to stir him. 



This is a habit which may generally be traced to 

 mere sulkiness of temper, and regular work and low 

 diet are the best remedies for it. 



The writer once had a cross-bred Arab pony, about 

 13.2, a confirmed " setter " and " sitter " in harness. 

 Up to the time that it came into his hands — ^when it 

 was already seven years old — it had not been of the 

 slightest use for harness purposes. As soon as it 

 was placed between the shafts it refused to move 

 beyond a yard or two, and having come so far it would 

 lie down as neatly as could be, remaining in a recumbent 

 position as long as ever one liked to wait. Hear, 

 then, the moral of this tale. The pony was cured, 



