CHAPTER VII. 



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Habits of the horse, natural and acquired Getting up and 

 Lying down Balking A useful method of treating it 

 Rolling How to prevent it Pawing Rearing 

 Striking Kicking Biting Cinch Binding Shying 

 How to make a shying horse go past the object of his 

 terror Stumbling Falling Prancing Plunging 

 Crow-hopping Bucking, buck jumpers and how to 

 ride them Some general remarks about equine idio- 

 syncrasies 56 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Running away A dangerous habit and difficult to cure 



Story of an incorrigible runaway and his fate 69 



CHAPTER IX. 



Breaking a colt to the saddle A short method of taming 

 and training How the colt is taught to tolerate hand- 

 ling How he is saddled and cinched the first time 

 How he is ridden 75 



CHAPTER X. 



Buying a saddle horse Age shown by the teeth How to 

 detect poor vision and other defects Splints, ringbone, 

 spavin Sore backs, what they indicate Shoulder 

 lameness and navicular disease Laminitis or founder 

 Testing a horse for wind How to recognize a wind- 

 sucker or crib-biter 86 



CHAPTER XI. 



Teaching children to ride Cannot begin too young An 

 old plug better than a pony Experience the best 

 riding master Psychology of the horse He has not 

 the power of deduction Trick horses How they are 

 made to appear to have reasoning faculties They 

 only obey commands 92 



