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though I will have no faith in it till tried. For the blind 

 or winker of the bridle have a sheet of Russia iron cut a 

 little larger than the ordinary sized blind, and perfora- 

 ted with numerous small holes. The philosophy of the 

 thing is that the horse sees so many bug-a-boos that he is 

 confused, and results much the same as driving him in 

 the crowded streets of a city, where so Inuch strikes the 

 eye that he has no time to be afraid of what is on one 

 side, for the many objects on the other are just as fearful, 

 compelling him to go straight along. . This may multiply 

 the fences to the Clipper, so that unless he takes a fancy 

 for a steeple chase he may remain on the track. He will 

 naturally associate the whip and bolting together, so we 

 will discard it when driving him for a while. His going 

 so frantically in the air, is from having his mouth so torn 

 to pieces, and jerked when in a break. By letting him 

 run till he will regain his trot of himself, or at least by a 

 little motion of the bit pulling his head a little on one 

 side, or a slight shake similar to what you would use to 

 hook a trout, will in due course of time teach him. a better 

 system of breaking. It is true this will increase the dan- 

 ger should he bolt, the run being speedier than the trot. 

 In the velocity of a moving body impinged on a heavy sta- 

 tionary one, and brought to quiescent state, everything 

 movable will have acquired the momentum of the moving 

 body, and will go till arrested by the laws of gravitation, 

 or brought up with a round turn, coming down a purler, 

 as our English friend w.ould say, or a sockdolager, as we 

 would. He will not be likely, however, to leave the track 

 running along at his ease, with the driver talking to him 

 as he ought to. Should you pull and frighten him, the 

 choking sensation would be an additional inducement for 

 him to leave. His condition is certainly very bad, and it 

 will be some time ere he can be put to work with the bal- 

 ance. I never believe in giving a well horse medicine, as I 



