

MODERN FARIHER. 195 



I ill equilibrio cannot ri§e at one end unless it sinks at 

 the other. 



If your horse is headstrong, pull not with one 

 continued pull, but stop, and back him often, just 

 shaking the reins, and making little repeated pulls 

 till he obeys. Horses are so accustomed to bear on 

 the bit when they go forward, that they are discou- 

 raged if the rider will not let them do so. 



If a horse is loose-necked, he will throw up his 

 head at a continued pull ; in which situation the 

 rider, seeing the front of his face, can have no power 

 over him. When your horse does this, drop your 

 hand and give the bridle play, and he will of course 

 drop his head again into its proper place : while it 

 is coming down, make a second gentle pull, and 

 ypu will find his mouth. With a little practice, 

 this is done almost instantaneously ; and this me- 

 thod will stop, in the distance of a few yards, a 

 horse which will run away with those who pull at 

 him with all their might. Almost every one must 

 have observed, that when a horse feels himself pulled 

 with the bridle, even when he is going gently, he 

 often mistakes what was designed to stop him, as 

 direction to bear on the bit and to 2:0 faster. 



Keep your horse's head high, that he may raise 

 his neck and crest ; play a little with the rein, and 

 move the bit in his mouth, that he may not press 

 on it in one constant and continued maimer ; be not 

 afraid of raising his head too high ; he will naturally 

 be too ready to bring it down, and tire your arms 

 with its weight, on the least abatement of his mettle. 

 W^hen you feel him heavy, stop him, and make him 

 go back a few paces : thus you break by degrees his 

 propensity to press on his bridle. 



You ought not to be pleased (though many are) 

 with a round neck, and a head drawn in towards his 

 breast: let your horse carry his head bridling in, 

 provided he carries it high, and his neck arching 

 upwards; but if his neck bends downv/ards, his 



