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that are sensitive, excitable, full of fire and 

 action horses whose powerful make leads 

 them to become unmanageable, in spite of 

 the hardest bits and the most vigorous 

 arms ! Yes, and it is with the spur that I 

 will moderate the fury of these too fiery 

 animals, and stop them short in their most 

 impetuous bounds. It is with the spur, 

 aided of course by the hand, that I will 

 make the most stubborn natures kind, and 

 perfectly educate the most intractable ani- 

 inal. 



Long before publishing my " Comprehensive 

 Dictionary of Equitation" I was aware of the 

 excellent effects of the spur; but I abstained 

 from developing my principles, being pre- 

 vented by an expression of one of my 

 friends, whom I had shown how to obtain 

 results which to him appeared miraculous. 

 " It is extraordinary ! It is wonderful !" 

 he exclaimed; "but it is a razor in the 

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