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ing away in the gallop, — or to pull him up at the 

 end of it. For I am of opinion you will find 

 that horse will pull rather resolutely at you, and 

 if he does, as the other horses are increasing their 

 pace, making more free than he ought ; and if you 

 think you cannot keep him in his place in the 

 gallop, let him go on with the pace, but do not 

 rattle by close to the other horses, but turn his 

 head off, and go to the bottom of the hill. Keep 

 his mouth alive and let him go a telling pace u}) 

 it, and as you approach the top, sit you well down 

 and firm in your saddle, with your feet rather for- 

 ward, and take two or three determined pulls at 

 him with this rein. If you find, from the pace, 

 the hill, and the pull, that he becomes more collected, 

 and that you have sufficient confidence in yourself 

 both to hold and to pull him up, there will be no 

 occasion for you immediately to do the latter. Let 

 him go on with the pace (if you feel inclined) for 

 a mile or more. As he proceeds, speak gently to 

 him, take a turn to the right, and go up the short 

 gallop. Having pulled him up at the top of it, 

 turn him to the wind, give him his head, and let 

 him stand for a minute or two, or until he has blown 

 his nose. Then walk him down into the vale, and 

 let him be on the move until I come to you." 



These orders, or others tending to the same end, are 

 such as careful training grooms give to young boys 

 on their first riding hard-pulling horses with either 

 of the above reins. As boys improve in riding, they 



