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speaking, restive horses should be treated as if they had never 

 been handled at all ; that is to say, they should be re-trained 

 from beginning to end The position generally assumed by 

 restive horses How to get them out of this " Unfixing " a 

 horse from the spot Treatment of a horse that backs How 

 to use the spurs and the whip 291-305 



CHAPTER III. 



SPECIAL FORMS OF RESTJVENESS. 



Bolting. Why do horses bolt ? How to manage bolters where 

 there is room, and when one is confined to the road Bolters 

 that carry their heads up, and those that carry them down 

 Bucking and plunging How to manage these The dumb- 

 jockey 306-314 



Rearing. How a horse prepares itself to rear How the rearing 

 may be prevented at this stage How the horse does rear 

 Method of treatment with the lounge ; or under the 

 rider 3M-322 



Kicking. The cause of kicking The method of treatment 322-330 



