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frighten him again, and he will start round more 

 violently than before. After this, it will be ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to bring him up to the object. 

 Astley, however, whom we have before quoted, 

 says, that should the first trial prove unsuccessful, 

 it must be repeated, until you succeed ; adding, 

 that the second attempt should not be made until 

 the horse's fears have subsided, and his confidence 

 returned. 



A horse that is rather shy, may, in many cases, 

 be prevented from starting, by the rider turning 

 his head a little away from those objects, which, 

 she knows by experience, are likely to alarm him, 

 as well before she approaches as while she passes 

 them. 



A lady, certainly, should not ride a horse ad- 

 dicted to shying, stumbling, rearing, or any other 

 vice : but she ought, nevertheless, to be prepared 

 against the occurrence of either; for, however 

 careful and judicious those persons, by whom her 

 horse is selected, may be, and however long a trial 

 she may have had of his temper and merits, she 

 cannot be sure, when she takes the reins, that she 

 may-not have to use her defences against rearing 

 or kicking, or be required to exercise her skill to 

 save herself from the dangers attendant on start- 



