348 FAULTS OF TEMPER. 



we may, with the aid of a long stick, move the sword 

 from side to side, and withdraw it more or less out of the 

 scabbard, so as to make it rattle. For accustoming a 

 horse to stand the pressure of the heel, we may, in the 

 same manner, teach him first of all to bear being gently 

 poked in the side with a long stick, the end of which has 

 been covered by some soft substance. When we have got 

 the unmounted animal quiet in this respect, we may put an 

 assistant on his back, and complete his education with 

 the rope-twitch, while the rider flourishes, or cracks, 

 a whip about him, draws a sword, touches him with the 

 heel, etc. 



The use of the rope-twitch will be found a ready means 

 for making a horse steady while his rider cracks a hunting 

 whip. I need hardly say that an animal which has to carrj^ 

 a huntsman or whip, must bear this being done without 

 "playing up." 



Difficult to lead into a doorway, horse-box, etc. — For 

 overcoming this fault we may employ the means detailed 

 on page 211. Sometimes the horse, as a defence in this 

 case, places himself more or less at right angles to the 

 direction in which we want him to go. We may then 

 get him straight by making him turn on the forehand (see 

 page 208) to the required extent. He will, as a rule, make 

 no further resistance, as soon as he is straight. If he 

 still resists, we may reduce him to order by circling, 

 turning, and reining him back with the long reins (see 

 page 200). In very exceptional cases it might be necessary 

 to take the " nonsense " out of him by making him lie 



