The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . , the discharge of fire-arms,some other alarming sight or sound, or the vehicle running upon itshind legs, frightens the horse, which bolts and runs. The driver, afmuch panic-stricken as the horse, jerks nervously on the reins,saws on the bit, and rapidly yells whoa! communicating his ownterror to that of the horse, already quite enough, until the animalis worked into frenzy. If the run does not end in some frightfulcatastrophe, it is through sheer good fortune. After one such experi-ence the horse is more
The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . , the discharge of fire-arms,some other alarming sight or sound, or the vehicle running upon itshind legs, frightens the horse, which bolts and runs. The driver, afmuch panic-stricken as the horse, jerks nervously on the reins,saws on the bit, and rapidly yells whoa! communicating his ownterror to that of the horse, already quite enough, until the animalis worked into frenzy. If the run does not end in some frightfulcatastrophe, it is through sheer good fortune. After one such experi-ence the horse is more liable to bolt than before, and a few repeti-tions of it completely upsets his nervous balance. Such a horseshould never be driven by women or children, for no one knows theday or the hour when it will start on a mad race. A strong, self-possessed man often drives such a horse for years without trouble,for a horse never runs away while it has confidence in its driver. Afew words, in a reassuring tons, when the horse first bolts, willoften bring him to reason and avert a RIDING ON HORSEBACK. 89 CHAPTEE ON HORSEBACK. In the colonial days the family horse rendered more serviceunder the saddle and the pillion than in harness. When the millwas to be visited, the good man started on horseback, having behindhim a bag with the grist in one end and a stone in the other, topreserve the balance. On Sunday he went to meeting in the samestyle, save that it was the good wife mounted behind him on apillion. Perchance it was one of the younger men with his Priscillaon the pillion ; and it is highly probable that neither would haveexchanged their double mount for the best pair of; park hacks thatever looked through bridles. But as railroads and passable wagon-roads came in, saddles went out, until they could scarcely be foundon the farm, unless it was among the forgotten rubbish of somedusty corner. Riding continued longer in the South than in theNorth, but even there i
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