CHAPTER XVi 



liA.UGHBB*S METHOD OP TRAININa HORSES TO THE SADVhM, 



WHAT CONSTITUTES A WELL-TRAINED HORSE — TO MAKE HIM COME AT TOtJl 

 CALL — THE PHILOSOPHY OP TRAINING — FLEXIONS OP THE JAW^FLEXIOHI 

 OF THE NKOK— FLEXIONS OF THE CROUP— BACKINO — THE PACES— LEAPING. 



There is notriing which so much conduces to the pleas- 

 ure and safety of a rider, as the proper training of his 

 horse. Indeed, no matter how good a rider one may be, 

 it is impossible for him to ride gracefully, easily or safely 

 on a horse that has not been properly broken to the work. 

 It is true that a good rider can, by a sufficient exercise of 

 prudence, get on passably well with an unbroken horse, or 

 even a poor rider may, by putting his horse into a fast 

 gallop, make up in some degree, and for a short time, for 

 wa Qt of training ; but it is very certain that both are la- 

 boring under great disadvantages, and that neither the rider 

 :r his horse is working with ease. 



It is too often supposed that all that is necessary tc con 

 itjtute a good saddle-horse is, that he should allow a bit to 

 remain in his mouth, and should carry his rider without 

 attempting to throw him, and without viciously trying to 

 make himsfelf disagreeable. If he have a dozen different 

 gaits; if he carry his head low. and his nose out. — tiieso 



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