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Otherwise, when this is not practicable the horse must be handled 

 with firmness ; if need be the aid of the spur must bring its hindhand 

 under and the reins must be used in such a way, that they not only 

 exercise their restraining influence upon the horse but also that the 

 pain caused by their forcible application will distract the horses atten- 

 tion from the cause of the trouble. 



A peculiar kind of runaway is the horse •which runs away in an- 

 ticipation of pain, ■when expected to halt or assume certain positions 

 which after many hard experiences they know to be connected with 

 more or less torture, as a rule they make their hecks rigid in moments 

 when they expect to be stopped and stretch their noses out so far as to 

 bring their face line on a level with the neck and in this way weaken 

 or annihilate the effect of a pull. 



Others try to accomplish the same end by lowering and curving 

 their neck so much that their mouth rests against the chest. 



Not unfrequently such horses, instead of running, advance in 

 lancades or plunges and in that way become doubly dangerous to the 

 inexperienced rider.. 



