VICES, TRICKS AND FAULTS. 



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is not prepared to resist a demand for a 

 backward movement, and he will soon tire 

 of that unusual mode and start forward at 

 the first hint from his rider. 



But a horse properly broken and 

 trained will not be guilty of such con- 

 tumacy, and will not be apt to show the 

 vices of which I am about to speak, but 

 for which the rider must be prepared 



If a horse bolts the rider should not 

 fatigue himself by taking a steady drag 

 upon the mouth. Leaning back, with 

 the breech well under him, and bearing 

 no weight in the stirrups, the rider should 

 take a succession of pulls upon the bit, 

 one following the other sufficiently near 

 to obtain cumulative effect. When the 

 horse appears to yield to the bit, advan- 

 tage should be taken of the moment, to 



