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HOESEMANSHIP FOE WOMEI^-. 



He did not see the good of teaching the horse to relax 

 the muscles of his jaw and to hold the bit lightly in the 

 mouth. He did not see the good of suppling the vari- 

 ous muscles of the neck, on which, nevertheless, depend 

 to a surprising degree the balance of the whole body 

 and the easy motion of the limbs. In fact, he main- 



COMINa TO THE WHIP. 



tained his attitude of amused and good-natured incre- 

 dulity until one day, after about three weeks, I rode 

 Sambo into the lawn, his neck arched and tail displayed, 

 and, with the reins hanging on my little finger, made 

 him cut circles and figure eights of all sizes at a spank- 

 ins^ trot. 



Then my good farmer gave up, and said he really 



