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employs when inclined to disobedience, and 

 his action when passion has subsided. Until 

 this information is obtained, the man and 

 horse cannot be said to have established their 

 friendship ; and patience with resolution, on 

 the part of the rider, are the only means to 

 effect it. 



Section II. — Of Rearing. 



Of all the defences a horse makes, that of 

 rearing is the most dangerous, when they rise 

 so rapidly and unexpectedly that you are 

 scarcely aware of them, and so high as to 

 endanger their falling backwards. It is for- 

 tunate that a horse, which rears to this ex- 

 treme, seldom or never kicks. You have, 

 therefore, principally to guard against his 

 rearing. 



Whenever the horse rises straight up, throw 

 your body forward, and give him all the bri- 

 dle. The weight of your body upon his fore 

 parts will oblige him to come down..; In the 



