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The Duke of Bedford was near taking me off his 

 horses, saying, the people teased him because I 

 rode his horses with a loose rein, and desired me 

 to hold my horse fast in his running ; I was sorry 

 his grace was thus troubled, as it puts a horse's 

 frame all wrong ;-> and his speed slackened where 

 the horse has that sort of management to his 

 mouth. My reins appeared loose, but my horse 

 had only proper liberty, and mostly running in 

 the best of attitudes. It's usual, when that grooms 

 are talking and giving orders to their riders, to 

 hold the horse fast in his running ; and where a 

 liorse is intended to make play, their orders 

 mostly are, to hold the horse fast by the head^ 

 and let him come, or come along with him ; but 

 it's very much against a horse to hold him fast, 

 or let him bear on his rein in his running; it 

 makes him run with his mouth more open, and 

 pulls his head more in or up. This causes him^ 

 at times, to run in a fretting, jumping attitude, 

 with his fore legs more open ; sometimes it causes 



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