134 INSTRUCTIONS TO RIDING BOYS. 



when he comes to the training of horses that 

 have been some time in strong work, he will most 

 likely have occasion to call out to some one boy 

 or other, who may be riding rather an unruly 

 horse, to tell him what he is to do, to enable 

 him to manage his horse under any particular 

 circumstance ; as, for example, a horse may be 

 making rather too free with himself in leading 

 a gallop, and the groom may see it necessary to 

 speak to the boy, to give him confidence, by 

 calling out to him as he may be passing, " Sit 

 well down, Tom, get your feet before you, and 

 keep fast hold of your horse's head." To an- 

 other boy, that may be on an idle horse, the 

 groom may say, ** Get at your horse's head, and 

 twist him along, Frank." It will, therefore, be 

 better to give names to the half dozen boys in 

 question, which may be as follows — Francis, 

 Samuel, James, Henry, Thomas, and William. 

 We, when speaking to these boys, by way of 

 briefness, will call them Frank, Sam, Jem, Harry, 

 Tom, and Bill. The orders to be given to any 

 of the other boys that may be but inferior riders, 

 and not likely to improve, are merely to tell them 

 to keep their places in the string, and follow the 

 horses in front of them. 



