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ment, an otherwise good horse need not be 

 rejected, if he is a little false collared. 



Pulling such horses into a walk, generally 

 ends in their tossing their head about, and then 

 stopping ; it is far better to stop them at once, 

 before they stop themselves. In driving them, 

 an eye must be kept to the road ; if new-laid 

 gravel, or a soft part, is seen, rattle them over it, 

 and then give them a pull up if it is thought 

 wanting ; but, without additional impetus, such 

 occasional obstructions are all but certain to pro- 

 duce a dead stop. If this occurs on either of such 

 occasions as I have mentioned, I wish the driver 

 w^ell out of the predicament. 



Many of the best teams of coach horses that 

 ever looked through a collar, if pulled into a walk 

 on heavy ground would not draw an ounce, though 

 they will take three tons through it in a trot ; 

 and the luo;her bred and hlo'her coura2:ed a horse 

 is, the more likely is he to refuse what may be 

 termed a dead pull ; very few high tempered ones 

 would draw^ a baro-e on a canal. This does not 

 arise from Indolence or dislike to exertion, but 

 from impatience of the pace requisite to move 

 heavy w^eights. Many of the best and gamest 

 collared horses in the world in trotting harness, 

 would not start an empty cart if the wheels stood 

 in only a moderate water drain or gutter. 



