VICES. 



Some horses are addicted to a very troublesome and 

 vicious habit of turning round suddenly, — we do not 

 here allude to shyness, but restiveness, — without exhi- 

 biting any previous symptom of their intention. A 

 horse soon ascertains that the left hand is weaker than 

 the right, and, consequently, less able to oppose him ; 

 he, therefore, turns on the off side, and -wdth such force 

 and suddenness, that it is almost impossible, even if the 

 rider be prepared for the attack, to prevent him. 



In this case, it would be unwise to make the 

 attempt : the rider would be foiled, and the horse 

 become encouraged, by his success in the sti-uggle, to 

 make similar endeavours to have his own way, or 

 dismount his rider. The better plan is, instead of 

 endeavouring to prevent him from turning, with the left 

 hand, to pull him sharply with the right, until his 

 head has made a complete circle, and he finds, to his 

 astonishment, that he is precisely in the place from 

 which he started. 



Should he repeat the turn, on the rider's attempting 

 to urge him on, she should pull him round, on the 

 same side, three or four times, and assist the power 

 of the hand in so doing, by a smart aid of the whip. 



