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they awe and corredt the Animal ; given unduly, they 

 make him reftive and vicious, and are even capable o^ 

 Difcouraging a dreft Horfe, and giving him a Difguft to 

 the Manage; don't be too hafty therefore to correal your 

 Horfe with them. 



Be patient ; if your Horfe deferves Punifhment, punifh 

 him fmartly, but leldom ; for befides your habituating him 

 to Blows, till he ceafes to mind them, you will afloni'li and 

 confound him, and be more likely to make him rebel, than 

 to bring him to the Point you aim at. To give your 

 Horfe both Spurs properly, you muft change the Pofture of 

 your Legs, and bending your Knee, ftrike him with them 

 at once as quick and firmly as you can. A Stroke of the 

 Spurs wrongly given is no Punifhment ; it rather hardens 

 the Horfe againft them, teaches him to fliake and frifk 

 about his Tail, and often to return the Blow with a Kick. 

 Take care never to open your Thighs and Legs in order to 

 give both Spurs, for befides that the Blow would not be at 

 all ftronger for being given in this Manner, you would by 

 this means lofe the Time in which you ought to give it> 

 and the Horfe would rather be alarmed at the Motion you 

 make in order to give the Blow, than punifhed by it whea 

 he felt **•; and thence your Adion becoming irregular j, 

 could never produce a good Effect. 



The Chambriere is ufed as a Corredion, it ought how- 

 ever to be ufed with Difcretion ; we will fuppofe it to be in 

 able Hands, and forbear to fay more about it. As for the 

 Switch, it is fo fcldom made ufe of to punifh a Horfe, 



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