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Those Horfes who are apt to kick, either when they 

 go forward or ftand flill, muft be kept much together, or 

 held in clofely ; make them go backward brilkly, and you 

 will cure them of this Vice. 



To refume our Subjed:. All Horfes are by Nature rather 

 aukward than nervous and ftrong ; fearful than bold ; hot 

 and fretful than mifchievous or ill-temper'd ; whenever 

 they grow defperate and abfolutely ungovernable, it is often 

 rather to avoid the extreme Pain which they feel, or expedl 

 to feel from too great a Conftraint, than merely to refift 

 the Horfeman. Arm yourfelf then with great Patience ; 

 keep fuch Horfes as are of a fiery and fretful Difpofition, 

 rather in Awe than in abfolute Subjedion ; they are natu- 

 rally fearful, and apt to be alarm'd ; and violent Corredlion 

 and Force would difhearten and make them quite defperate. 

 Such as are of a hot and impetuous Temper, are generally 

 timid and malicious. Endeavour therefore to prevent the 

 Diforders they would commit ; for Lenity and good Ufage 

 would never reduce them to Obedience, and Severity would 

 make them lifelefs and jadifh. In fine, let your LefTons be 

 fhort, eafy, and often repeated to Horfes of a cold and heavy 

 Difpofition, becaufe they have no Memory, and want both 

 Refolution and Strength, 



In a word, never depart from this great Maxim, " Always 

 *' obferve a juftMedium between too indulgent aLenity and ex- 

 ■'*' treme Severity j" work your Horfe according to his Strength 



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