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him going to rise, slack the one hand, and 

 bend him with the other, keeping your hand 

 low. This bending compels him to move a 

 hind leg, and being thrown off his balance, 

 he of necessity comes down with his fore feet. 

 Twist him then round two or three times, to 

 convince him of your superiority. This like- 

 wise confuses and baffles him. 



By these means you may deter a horse 

 from rearing to any dangerous height; and 

 after he has convinced himself by a few ex- 

 periments, he will give it up for that time. 



To break horses of this dangerous vice, it 

 has sometimes been expedient to quit the 

 horse, and alighting to pull him backwards. 



This, however, though an effective expe- 

 dient, is to be attempted only at a particular 

 crisis, and by persons perfectly collected, 

 active, and agile. It indeed so frightens a 

 horse to be thus foiled, that he is wary of 

 giving the opportunity of using him so again. 



