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in store for liim. Thus, what was originally a 

 failing from defect of vision, or ebullition of 

 spirit from over feeding, or want of proper ex- 

 ercise, becomes a vice rooted, and confirmed, 

 and of a dangerous character. When passing 

 an object that the horse may be alarmed at, his 

 head should be turned away from it, rather than 

 towards it, a good rider thus prevents her horse 

 from shying, while the young and bad rider, by 

 the reverse treatment, of pulling a horse's head 

 towards the object, and whipping him up to it, 

 makes her horse shy. The horse should never 

 be allowed to evade passing the object, but he 

 should be got past in the manner, that occasions 

 the least alarm to, or contention with him. 



When the horse starts, the rider should instantly 

 direct her eyes to the horse's ears, when her body 

 will naturally take the same direction that the 

 horse shies to, but if her eyes be directed to what 

 the horse shies from, she may loose her balance, 

 and fall. 



PACES OF THE HORSE, 



The walk is the least raised, the slowest, and the 

 most gentle of all the paces ; but it should be an 

 animated quick step, and to be pleasant to the 

 rider, it must be true ; that is, it should be con- 



