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termination of it. But he should be cautioned, that 

 when the horses are making their run at the end of the 

 gallop, as they will sometimes have to do, he is to lay 

 a little out of his ground to the right of the horses in 

 front of him, so that he may have room to pull 

 his horse up gradually, and not balk* him of his 

 stride. 



A boy, having the above directions clearly laid down 

 to him, and going out occasionally twice a day with 

 the horses to exercise, soon learns (provided he be not 

 a very stupid fellow) how to take a quiet horse up his 

 gallop. When he is seen to sit carelessly on his horse 

 at walking exercise, sitting perhaps on one thigh, and 

 talking to the rest of the boys, there are hopes of his 

 becoming a good rider. The groom observing a boy 

 doing this sort of thing, thinks it will soon be time to 

 take him under his own tuition. 



To prepare him for this, he changes him from the 

 quiet horse, and puts him to look after one that is not 

 only more difficult to ride, but in all probability, more 

 difficult to dress (of which I shall have occasion to 

 speak more fully hereafter) ; perhaps a sort of horse 

 which, in the language of the stable, is termed a hearty 

 one, and which, if not in pretty strong work at the 

 time, will be very likely, when on the downs, to begin 

 his gambols, and of this the groom is aware. He 

 therefore cautions the boy to sit upright on his horse, 

 but firm, and well down in his saddle, and to keep fast 

 hold of his horse's head, that he may not get it down; 

 as a horse of this description, when fresh, seeing the 



