WHIP. 



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and lash vertical. A touch of the lash may aid in 

 encouraging a friend's horse to go through something 

 to which he objects, but a man would doubtless be 

 handv to do the needful in such a case. It would be 



Fig. 88. — ^Thong incorrectly put on. 



Fig. 89. — Thong not quite right. 



well for a lady to know how to crack her whip, if her 

 help were required in turning hounds, or in hurrying 

 up a laggard hound ; but this art should first be learnt 

 on foot, under the tuition of a competent man, in much 

 the same way as Mr. Frank Ward teaches his pupils to 



