Yes it is! The periods in this particular font are kinda hard to see.
I find that a spur is more useful than a crop when encouraging one of mine to take the lead, but if she's never been ridden with them before, she may be prone to buck when they're first applied. Some of them will and some won't. My trainer uses them on all of mine when first breaking them. He said Bob and Blade never bucked but Grace bowed up like a rodeo bronc. I don't know about Hope, I'll have to ask.
I was started English where we carried a crop or whip as a matter of dress. You don't show without one. You have to be prepared for conflict with both and know when and how to apply them. A horse who feels pushed can rebel violently about your decision to go forward with either tool, or they can decide to submit.
I've not had good experience with spurs myself, not that the horse overly objected to them, but that I couldn't keep them on and in the right position. They always slipped... And I think, while one can accidently apply spur in a moment of imbalance (and make the situation worse) one doesn't ever accidently apply a crop.
I usually apply whip to the shoulder or flank just behind the leg to a disobedient horse who won't go forward... you're less likely to get a buck that way, like you might if you hit the butt.
I used them on Blade this weekend to make him lead and they did pretty good on the first 3/4 of the ride. Closer to the end he responded better to the reins on the shoulders. He would flinch when I used the spurs but that was all. Guess he got immune to it.