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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
residence there was a salt-work The first time I had 
occasion to pass this at night, the flames were issuing from 
the top of the furnace. My horse came to a stand when 
within about fifty yards from it, and neither coaxing nor 
force would induce him to proceed. I turned his head 
homewards, and applied both whip and spur smartly, and 
galloped him at full speed to my gate ; I then drew up, and 
turning round, returned at a sharp trot, and on coming up 
to the salt-work, he passed it without manifesting any signs 
of fear, and never afterwards showed the slightest reluctance 
to proceed when he came to it. 
Some horses have a trick of shying on coming out of the 
stable. This is acquired by having received some injury 
while entering the door, or striking his head against the top 
of the doorway if too low. This is incurable, so far as I 
know; for both kind treatment and severity have been 
tried without success. 
RESTIFFNESS, AND RESISTING BEING MOUNTED. 
Same horses which possess a lively or impatient temper, 
manifest a desire to start off before the rider can get seated 
m the saddle. Indeed some will attempt to set off when¬ 
ever the foot is put in the stirrup. This is a troublesome 
and dangerous fault, even with the most expert horseman, 
and especially so to those who are inexperienced or infirm. 
Horses sometimes become so cunning that they know a good 
from a bad horseman, and finding they are either to be, or 
actually mounted, by a timid or indifferent rider, will en¬ 
deavour to throw him off, or bolt away before he is properly 
seated. 
The horse mentioned in the preceding article on shying, 
when I first had him, exhibited the utmost reluctance to be 
mounted ; so much so, that it was impossible to succeed 
