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HOW TO START A JIBBER. 



We shall describe a simple method which, when 

 applied by good hands, will generally be effectual in 

 mastering a jibber when all other treatment fails, 

 viz., to convey to him for tJie moment the artificial 

 idea that he is ivanted to go in the opposite direction 

 to that in ivhicJi he is being driven. But while this 

 matter is comparatively simple in practice to a good 

 horseman it is very difficult to reduce to print, for, 

 as already pointed out, different temperaments re- 

 quire varying degrees of treatment, even though the 

 treatment in the main be the same. All the circum- 

 stances of the case must be considered — the place, 

 the time, and the nature of the position. The 

 moment the horse stops the driver should turn him 

 abruptly round and impart to him the notion that 

 he is wanted to go the opposite way. The driver 

 should give him a series of similar rapid turns ; 

 then face him sharply in the original direction, and 

 he will generally do as desired. If he should still 

 remain obstinate, however, the driver must repeat 

 the lesson with greater severity and wheel him 

 rapidly round again and again according to the 

 nature of the ground, and in a very short time he 

 will be glad to go straight forward in the direction 

 indicated. 



PREVENTIVES TO JIBBING. 



Shy-starting horses should always be harnessed a 

 quarter of an hour at least previous to yoking them. 



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