The lady and her horse : being hints selected from various sources and compiled into a system of equitation by Jenkins T. A

Author:Jenkins, T. A
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Horsemanship
Publisher: Madras : Pharoah and Co.
Published: 1857-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

ingenuity, or subdue him by a calm determined assumption of superior power : severe flogging seldom produces good efiect, and all quarrels between a horse and his rider should be avoided; on the other hand, too much indulgence may induce him to think that she is afraid of him ; should he do so, she will find that he will exercise every means to convince her, that he considers himself her master, instead of acknowledging by implict obedience, that she is his.

When it is necessary to use the whip as a correction, it should be applied, by giving the horse two or^ three smart cuts in a line with the girths, or on the shoulder. The lady should not fret her horse, by continually tapping him with the whip.

VICES.

The V, ord vice, is used to signify those actions which arise from a perverse, or mischievous disposition—those, in which the horse opposes his own will, to that of his rider, or those in which he purposely attempts to injure other horses, or the persons about him. A lady certainly should not ride any horse, that is addicted to shying, stumbling, rearing, or any other kind of vice ; but she ought nevertheless, to be prepared against their occurrence; for, however careful, and judicious

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