REARING
—is the most dangerous vice of all a restive horse retains in the catalogue of his untoward qualifications: it is generally termed REARING an END, and when carried to the extreme, is hazardous beyond description; as it is hardly possible for the best horseman existing to keep his seat, when a horse repeatedly assumes that unnatural position. Recent instances have occurred directly opposite in their consequences; one in which the RIDER was killed; in the other, the horse. In such an alarming and critical predicament, the most probable means of safety is, to gradually loosen the reins, and, by bearing the weight of the body close to the neck of the horse, endeavour to accelerate his preponderation.