. Riding and driving. ation for the horse, for its beauty, forits usefulness, for its many excellent qualities, butI do not permit this sentiment to blind me to itsshortcomings. Some horses are so good thatthey inspire an affection which they cannot re-ciprocate. Since I began this book I lost Silvana,a well-bred English mare which I had owned foreighteen years. She was a very beautiful animal,of high spirit, exact in all the movements of themaniige, and of so kind a disposition that she wasnever guilty of mutinous or disorderly conduct. Regardless of the treatment it has receivedpreviously, t
. Riding and driving. ation for the horse, for its beauty, forits usefulness, for its many excellent qualities, butI do not permit this sentiment to blind me to itsshortcomings. Some horses are so good thatthey inspire an affection which they cannot re-ciprocate. Since I began this book I lost Silvana,a well-bred English mare which I had owned foreighteen years. She was a very beautiful animal,of high spirit, exact in all the movements of themaniige, and of so kind a disposition that she wasnever guilty of mutinous or disorderly conduct. Regardless of the treatment it has receivedpreviously, the young horse should be brokento ride. when strong enough to bear the weightof a rider, b^* some method similar to that whichfollows. But first I wish to say a word about castingthe horse, by what is usually called The RareySystem. Many people believe that to throw thehorse is a sure cure for every vice and spirit ofresistance. The fact is that a horse is confused,surprised, and humiliated at finding itself helpless,. F!G. 14.— .Hh LAVhi>5JN
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