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PRINCIPLES OP 



P. IX. 



not the time to dispute or quarrel,— you 

 must find his favourite manner, and comply 

 with it. 



Such being the case, start your horse 

 coolly and temperately. If you flurry him 

 at starting, his own eargerness will be very 

 detrimental. Endeavour to keep him mode- 

 rate, that his gallop may be smooth and 

 steady. You must give him all the support 

 he requires from the hand in a smooth steady 

 pull, and not increase it. 



If his eagerness to get on compels you to 

 do this, you must increase your pull, with the 

 same steadiness as before, which will hold 

 him and save his wind. If you raise your 

 hand to keep him in, you will raise his head 

 out of place, which will cause him to fret, 

 and he will be fighting for the ascendancy of 

 the hand. If you are obliged to do this, to 

 prevent the horse from running away with 

 you, your strength is not competent for such 

 a horse. Neither must you throw your body 



