100 Vices. 



3i!ces. 



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 exhibiting 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 with such force and suddenness, that 

 it is almost impossible, even if the rider be pre- 

 pared 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 struggle, 

 to make similar endeavors to have his own way, or 

 dismount his rider. The better plan is, instead of 

 endeavoring 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. 



