OF HORSEMANSHIP. ^^ 



him go backward, you will prevent his having too great De- 

 fire of going too foon from the Place where he ftopp'd, as 

 well as from that to which he turned. 



The Moment the Stop is made, give him his Bridle ; hy 

 ftopping you have augmented the Degree of the Apuy in the 

 Horfe's Mouth j you muft increafe it flill more, in order to- 

 make him go backwards ; hence a hard Hand and bad Mouth. 



This Reafoning is plain, and thcic Principles are true;; 

 notwithftanding which, there are few Horfemen who attend^ 

 to it, either becaufe they never think and refledl, or elfe.- 

 that the Force of bad Habits overcomes them. 



This Leflbn, if well weigh'd and given properly, is a; 

 neceffary and certain Method of teaching Horfes to make a 

 good Stop, of rendering them light and obedient when they 

 pull or are beyond the Degree of what is cali'd full hi the 

 Hand, — But if given improperly, or it too often repeated, 

 it then grows to be a Habit, and a Plabic is no Correftion. 

 Never pradife it long with Horfes who are hot, and who 

 have hard Mouths, their Impatience and Heat, join'd to 

 Habit and Cuftom, would prevent them from knowing tlie 

 Caufe, and feeling the Effeds. It is the fame with thofc 

 who have fhort Fore-hands ; for as they are generally thick- 

 fhouider'd and heavy, the Difficulty they feel to colleft 

 themfelves upon their Haunches, naturally difpofcs them to 

 prefs the Branches of the Bit againfl: their Chcft, by which 

 means this LelTon becomes quite ineffedlual. 



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