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closer resemblance to the gait at which 



he has been in the habit of rushing, and 



he will therefore be inclined to return to 



his old failing. 



Sometimes a horse will not go near a 



fence, and on being urged will back or 



rear. If he persists in backing, 

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his head should be turned away 



from the jump, and when he finds his 

 movements only bring him nearer the 

 fence, he will stop. If then he is made 

 to wheel suddenly, and can be kept go- 

 ing by whip or spur, he will be likely to 

 jump. Should he, instead, ;£ace the di- 

 rection in which he should go, and rear 

 whenever an attempt is made to urge 

 him forward, the whip only inciting him 

 to rear higher, the woman who hopes to 

 triumph over him must resort to strat- 

 egy ; she must not whip him, at the risk 

 of his falling back on her. 



A ruse which may prove successful is 



