10 HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMEN. 



forth every effort to throw off control. When, however, 

 panting and exhausted, he finally submits, he has learned 

 the necessary lesson ; and whether it be after a long 

 fight with a brutal rough-rider, or a physically painless 

 struggle with an adroit Rarey, he has learned it for life. 

 Henceforth he accepts the supremacy of the human 

 race, and, unless under the goad of maddening pain or 

 terror, will never, save in rare instances, really rebel ; 

 obeying not men only, but women, children, and even 

 the very tools and implements of man, so that a dog 

 may lead him by the bridle. Like a spoiled child, how- 

 ever, a horse will sometimes presume upon indulgence, 

 and, to use a mother's phrase, will try to see how far he 

 can go. 



At such times he is best opposed not by violence, 

 but by firmness, reinforced, perhaps, now and then by a 

 sharp cut with the whip, which, given unexpectedly at 

 the precise moment of disobedience, will have the set- 

 tling effect ascribed to the time-honored nursery " spank," 

 and will bring him to his senses. Generally, however, 

 what seems insubordination is in reality nervousness, 

 which requires soothing, not punishment, and which 

 you will be careful not to increase by fidgeting or by 

 brusque movements of the reins. Even when severity 

 is needed, a reproof in a cold, stern tone is often more 

 effective than the lash. 



Thousands of young girls, who for various reasons 

 cannot ride in winter, have every summer within reach 



