If a horse always shiesfrom the same side you may be sure the eye on that side is defective.
You may know that a horse shies from skittishness if he flies one day snorting from what he meets the next with indifference; dark stables also produce this irregular shying.
If you can distinctly ascertain that a horse shies and turns round from mere skittishness, correct him when he turns, not as long as he faces the object: he will soon learn that it is for turning that he is visited with whip and spurs.
At the entrance to Northfield mansion grounds his horse shies at a prostrate body just inside the gate.
It is as though you said in praise of a horse, that he never shies when there is nothing to shy at.
As you would carefully train your horse to pass the corner he always shies at, so break your mind of this bad habit.
He showed remarkable ability in passing and middling, and his fast shiesat goal were really splendid.
The Queen's Park had now a brilliant turn at the Leven goal, and several hard shies at the posts were cleverly returned by the backs.
His first was at Sheffield in 1883, when I saw him save several splendid shies from the feet of the English forwards, and it is something to add of him that he was included in the Scotch teams who never lost a match with England.
Mr. Dunn had a lively time of it in the contest, and saved some splendid shies from taking effect.
The best way to act with a horse which shies from desire to "play up," is to take as little notice as possible of his antics, give him more work, and less corn.
But on common occasions the turning his head from what he shies at should be as gradual and imperceptible as possible.
To pull a horse from what he shies at, and towards the wall he rubs you against, are very paradoxical doctrines.
Do not imagine that there will be any danger of the horse getting into trouble on the side opposite to what he shies at: the very contrary will be the case.
Of course, if the horse shies to the left you should throw your weight to the left for the same reason.
It is always advisable to ride with the foot "home" when the horse shies or takes a fast gallop.
It is usually the rider that shies and not the horse.
The man, all nerves, shies like a frightened horse.
This impatient action is so sudden that he shies again.
A horse when he first sees an automobile gets an impression on his brain which is entirely out of his ordinary course of impressions--it is as if some one suddenly and unexpectedly struck him, and he shies and jumps.
If he shrinks or shies at any impediment, however formidable, the young one will be sure to imitate him, and to become an uncertain dog, if not a rank coward.
A rate given at an improper time does more harm than good: it disgusts the honest hound, it shies and prevents from hunting the timid one, and it is treated with contempt by those of another character who may at some future time deserve it.
The blows, therefore, came now on his legs and now on his head; and Frank unfortunately got more than his five or six shies before he was interrupted.
Had Sir Richard himself been on the spot Frank Gresham would still, we may say, have had his five shies at that unfortunate one.
It will be deuced hard if I can't get five or six shies at him," said Frank, again clutching his weapon almost spasmodically.
AUNT SALLY has, however, had her day, and once again the inevitable "three shies a penny!
This game is best known to the London public as "three shies a penny.
Whenever you see an old maid who giddily shies off from the croup when the little folks grow wheezy, you can put it down as a sure sign that she is trying to conceal her age.
All the shows emptied, the roundabouts stopped, the cocoanut shies were deserted, and everybody, showmen and public alike, came surging round my tent.
Everybody nearly is familiar, of course, with these round, hard wooden balls, and the gypsy keepers of the cocoanut shies are naturally adepts at throwing them.
Whether a horse shies from real fright, or from mere pretense or affectation, the severe use of whip or spur to force him by the object he is shying at will always do more harm than good.
Coco-nut Shies Early in 1915 I was attached to one of our monitors in the Far East.
Yes," said I, "the fellow who shies at coco-nuts in the Solomon Islands.
He grinned, and with singular aptness he replied: "I'll cable him this afternoon and see whether I can still have three shiesfor a penny.
He gazes at it, and finding he can neither carve his name nor chip off a corner, he turns away, buys a postcard view in colours, and seeks more congenial amusement in the cocoanut shies hard by.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
