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impress him with the idea of his powerlessness to resist 

 my wishes. I need hardly say that one should be very 

 careful not to carry this painful form of discipline to a 

 point which might be dangerous to the animal. I believe 

 I have been the first to employ the method of making 

 a horse lie down, in combination with driving on foot, as 

 a remedy for jibbing. By adopting the means I have 

 described, the breaker, if he be patient and expert, ought 

 to succeed in making any jibber obedient in saddle after a 

 lesson of a couple of hours' duration. Each succeeding 

 lesson would be of decreasing difficulty, until the habit of 

 obedience is established in a short time. I may again 

 point out that all such desired effects can be produced 

 much easier in a secluded enclosure than in the open. 



It is not uncommon to meet with, especially in the 

 mounted branches of the Army, horses which will go 

 anywhere in company, but which will refuse to quit their 

 companions, or to act as single riding horses. This pecu- 

 liarity, the habit of trying to press the rider's leg up 

 against a wall, tree, or other convenient object, and all 

 other forms of jibbing, may be treated in the manner 

 just described. 



Jibbing in harness is a far more difficult fault to over- 

 come than jibbing in saddle ; for the presence of the cart 

 greatly favours the " defence " of the horse. Before trying 

 to eradicate the vice, we should satisfy ourselves that it 

 is not caused by any ailment, such as sore shoulders, 

 which should be cured before we proceed further. As 

 our first object, when contesting the question of supremacy 

 with the horse, is to gain the best kind of victory we can 



