You would soon spoil him, and make him hard-mouthed, if you jerked the bit about in that fashion.

A horse like this is extremely sensitive.

You only need just feel his mouth with the rein, and he will stop at the slightest additional pressure, just sufficiently to make him understand what you want.

Well, why are you making a face like that ?" "I shall never learn all this," cried Nic; "I'm too stupid." "And you have ground away at algebra and Euclid! What nonsense! Come, be more ready to take a right view of things.

Horses are extremely intelligent animals, and love their masters if properly treated.