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horse's neck. The selection of the rein will depend 

 on local circumstances. This should be done sud- 

 denly before the horse realises what the action means, 

 and he should be kept galloping round in a circle 

 a good deal longer than he likes. As soon as he 

 shows symptoms of giving in, the '* persuaders " 

 should be applied to his ribs and the horse kept 

 moving until he can be pulled up with the little 

 finger, and he will think twice before he decides to 

 bolt again. When the neck of a horse is bent as 

 described he is bound to go round in a circle, the 

 diameter of which is governed by the angle at which 

 the neck is bent. In this strained position the horse 

 can neither run so fast nor so long. He cannot 

 draw his wind freely with his neck bent, and is 

 absolutely under the control of the rider so long as 

 the latter retains his seat. 



THE DANGER OF COLLIDING WITH A CROWD. 



We shall here relate an incident that happened 

 with the writer in the Queen's Park, Edinburgh, at 

 the opening of the Industrial , Exhibition. The 

 regiment to which he belonged — the Lothians and 

 Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry (recently the 19th 

 Imperial Yeomanry on active service), which formed 

 part of the escort to the late Duke of Clarence — was 

 drawn up in line, and the order given to " Return 

 swords." The mare on which the writer was mounted 

 had never previously been drilled, and as the swords 

 went rattling into the scabbards she reared straight 



