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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
moil among high-bred horses than with those which are 
half-bred, although we have met with it in some of our first 
racers. 
When we have a horse given to shying, our first attention 
should be directed to the cause ; that is, whether it proceeds 
from friskyness, timidity, or defective vision. 
When shying proceeds from playfulness, it is difficult to 
judge what mode of cure is best to be adopted, because if 
corrected for it, he will associate with any object that 
diverts his attention the infliction of punishment, which 
will tempt him to run away, under the dread of a flogging; 
and if caressed for the fault, it is liable to induce him to 
Tepeat it. But, of two evils, gentle correction must be 
adopted, and rather to pass by the object than to take him 
up to it. He should also be spoken to sharply. 
If shying proceeds from fear of new objects, the true way 
to correct him of this is not to force him up to them, but to 
pat him and soothe him, but avoid beating ; and take care 
to pass the objects of his fear again and again, always going 
nearer to them every time you pass. This will familiarize 
him to them. Seeing that these are harmless, he will soon 
learn to pass by unnoticed any novel object which he may 
meet with upon a road. 
When an animal is given to shying from defective sight, 
the only method to effect a cure is to take him up to it, and 
in the act of doing so he must be coaxed to approach it, and 
on no account must he be beaten ; and although it some¬ 
times happens that the horse will manifest great reluctance 
to do so, he should be persevered with, and not allowed to 
proceed until he has seen closely the object of his fear. 
After he has been a few times thus treated, he will soon 
learn to pass with indifference any object which he may 
meet. 
