CHAPTER X. 



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F you desire to handle a good war-horse 

 so as to make his action the more mag- 

 nificent and striking, you must refrain from 

 pulHng at his mouth with the bit as well as 

 from spurring and whipping him. Most 

 people think that this is the way to make 

 him look fine; but they only produce an 

 efTect exactly contrary to what they desire, — 

 they positively blind their horses by jerking 

 the mouth up instead of letting them look 

 forward, and by spurring and striking scare 

 them into disorder and danger. This is the 



