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ingenuity, or subdue him by a calm determined 

 assumption of superior power : severe flogging sel- 

 dom produces good efiect, and all quarrels between 

 a horse and his rider should be avoided ; on the 

 other hand, too much indulgence may induce him 

 to think that she is afraid of him ; should he do so, 

 she will find that he will exercise every means to 

 convince her, that he considers himself her master, 

 instead of acknowledging by implict obedience, 

 that she is his. 



When it is necessary to use the whip as a cor- 

 rection, it should be applied, by giving the horse 

 two or^ three smart cuts in a line with the girths, 

 or on the shoulder. The lady should not fret her 

 horse, by continually tapping him with the whip. 



VICES. 



The V, ord vice, is used to signify those actions 

 which arise from a perverse, or mischievous dis- 

 position — those, in which the horse opposes his 

 own will, to that of his rider, or those in which 

 he purposely attempts to injure other horses, or 

 the persons about him. A lady certainly should 

 not ride any horse, that is addicted to shying, 

 stumbling, rearing, or any other kind of vice ; but 

 she ought nevertheless, to be prepared against their 

 occurrence ; for, however careful, and judicious 



