I/O HANDS, VOICE, WHIP AND SPUR. 



pull on the reins as may be necessary. The word 

 ''whoa" is best uttered in rather a high key and in 

 a drawling tone, when we begin to pull up a horse 

 during movement; but we should reserve "steady," 

 like the curb, for use in emergency, and should utter 

 it in a threatening tone of voice. The words of 

 command which an inexperienced rider will find most 

 useful are a click of the tongue for a walk, trot, and 

 canter; "whoa" to pull up; "steady" when he 

 is going too fast, or indulging in unnecessary leaps 

 and bounds ; " go on," with a few pats on the neck, if 

 he is nervous about passing any object, or shying ; 

 and a quiet word or tw^o of encouragement, with 

 more pats on the neck, w^hen he is in a state of 

 nervous excitement, as, for instance, on his first day 

 with hounds. 



When visiting a horse in his stable to give him a 

 carrot or other tit-bit, his mistress should call him by 

 his name, and he will soon neigh on hearing her voice, 

 if she always gives him something nice ; for horses, 

 like poor relations, don't appreciate our visits unless 

 they can get something out of us. Lady Dilke had 

 a horse which she had trained to lick her hand. On 

 going up to him in his box she would put out her 

 hand and say " Lick her, dear," and the animal would 

 give her his mute caress like a dog : it was very pretty 

 to see how well the pair understood each other. We 

 may see the power of the voice exemplified in cart 

 horses, which will turn to right or left, go faster or 

 slower, or pull up, according as they receive the word 



