THE NAPPY HORSE, OR JIBBER 97 



by some owners and well fed is enough to develop the 

 nappy habit ; and it is a wonder there are not more 

 nappy horses about. Some years ago I bought a very 

 nappy cob : he would not go. The way I broke him was 

 quite different from the method I have just described. 

 I think it will be worth while mentioning. 



I left him without food for twenty-four hours ; I 

 then saddled him and rode him a few yards till he stopped. 

 I waited until he started ; directly he offered to start I 

 gave him a handful of bran which I kept in a nosebag 

 strapped around his neck. I taught him to go by 

 rewarding him for his every effort, but he received no 

 food when he jibbed. After he had trotted a hundred yards 

 I again rewarded him with bran, until he trotted half a 

 mile, and gradually increased the distance. I never 

 fed him in the stable. He was only fed after he had 

 done his work, and he used to go splendidly with the idea 

 of getting a feed. 



I remember he was fed by mistake one morning in 

 his stall, and after his feed he refused to leave the stable, 

 and I had to train him all over again — but it was easier 

 the second time. 



I never used a whip, for it is the worst thing to apply 

 unless it is used at the right time. Some horsemen are 

 too fond of " steel-lined " whips, and carry the beastly 



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