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the correct thing, with the lash-end held 

 up. The handle should be of horn, rath- 

 er than silver or gold, and the 

 stick quite heavy and some- 

 what flexible. Short bamboo 

 sticks are in favor just now, 

 and are often tipped with 

 gold, and have a gold band 

 a few inches from the end 

 where it is held. 



I do not approve of a spur /,$; 



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for women, as it is difficult to 

 use it just right, and its 



Spur 



unintentional applica- 

 tion often has disastrous re- 

 sults, while should she be 

 dragged by the foot, it will 

 keep hitting the horse, urg- 

 ing him faster and faster. 

 In mounting, the spur some- 



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times strikes the horse, mak- 

 ing him shy just as the rider expects to 



