ately) will
frequently bring a horse up, in a few minutes. Slackening the reins for
an instant, and then jerking them with force, may also produce a similar
effect: but, if the latter mode be adopted, the rider must take care
that the horse, by stopping suddenly, do not bring her on his neck, or
throw her over his head.

In whatever manner the runaway be stopped, it is advisable for the lady
to be on the alert, lest he should become so disunited, by the
operation, as to fall.

Our readers may think, perhaps, that this advice, however easy to give,
is difficult to follow: we beg leave, however, to tell them, that
although it is not so easy as drawing on a glove, or replacing a stray
curl, it is much more practicable than they may imagine; though, we
trust, they may never have occasion to put it to the proof.

There is another situation, in which it is advisable to force the horse,
apparently, to have his own way, in order to baffle his attempts.
Restive horses, or even docile animals, when put out of temper,
sometimes endeavour to crush their riders' legs against walls, gates,
trees, posts, &c. An inexperienced lady, under such circumstances, would
strive to pull the horse away; but her exertions would be unavailing:
the animal would feel that he could master the opposition, and thus
discovering the rider's weakness, turn it to her disadvantage on future
occasions. We cannot too often repeat, that, although a rider should not
desist until she have subdued her horse, she must never enter into an
open, undisguised contest with him. It is useless to attack him on a
point which he is resolute in defending: the assault should rather be
directed to his weaker side. If he fortify himself in one place, he must
proportionately diminish his powers of defence in another. He
anticipates and prepares to resist any attempt to overcome him on his
strong side; and his astonishment at being attacked on the other, and
with success, on account of his weakness in that quarter, goes far to
dishearten and subdue him. If he plant himself in a position of
resistance against being forced to advance, it is a matter of very
little difficulty to make him go back. If he appear to be determined not
to go to the right, the rider may, on account of the mode in which he
disposes his body and limbs, turn him, with great facility, to the left.
If he stand _stock-still_, and will not move in any direction, his crime
may be made his punishment: the rider