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man ; i;o to my house and brin_<^ me the Leicester newspaper.' 

 Blame me, but he sat on his back six hours reading the 

 newspaper, the horse wanted to come back and tried it on 

 several times, but he would not let him. Now and then he 

 tries quietly to get him up to the gate, and about tea time 

 he does it. He then rode him through, making much of 

 him ; he was such a patient, clever man ; he'd have sat on 

 him for a week, and have his victuals and his umbrella sent 

 him, rather than be beat ; that evening he rode him to 

 Kettleby, Grimstone, Ashfordby, and so home, and opened 

 all the gates on the road. He gave him no trouble no more ; 

 you see as time and good judgment brings all things to pass." 

 The part of Mr. Marriott's performance which I specially 

 admire is his " making much ol him " after the horse had 

 given in. Although few of us when going out for a ride 

 could spare six hours to sit on a niotionless horse, the 

 infliction of that long halt on the rebel was thoroughly 

 sound in principle ; because it made the horse connect the 

 idea of distressing tedium with that of his vice. The principle 

 of making a horse go round and round to one side and then 

 to the other, when put into practice, has a somewhat similar, 

 though stronger and very much quicker effect. 



PULLING AND RUNNING AWAY. 



If a horse cannot be promptly got in hand, the rider should 

 use the reins in the manner described on pages 224 and 225, 

 and 253 to 255. If the animal gets his head up, the rider should 

 drop his hands and wait until he lowers it before taking a 

 pull. In order that the muscles may work to better ad- 

 vantage, the rider should hold the reins rather short, and 

 they may be knotted in order to give a firmer hold. If the 

 horse carries his head low, the rider may saw the bit (pull it 

 through the mouth from side to side) to make him bring it 

 up. When a horse pulls hard, the rider should sit down, 



