258 ON RIDING A CRAVING HORSE, ETC. 



into good riding condition. He becomes not only 

 stout on horseback, but as occasion may require, he 

 becomes very determined in the riding of any craving, 

 idle, or sulky horse ; and in setting-to with such horse, 

 he generally succeeds in rousing him out of any sulky 

 tricks, and he is thereby enabled to put the groom's 

 orders strictly into practice, as far as regards how such 

 a horse may have to go in his sweats. 



