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wliip in tlie same quiet way, showing no signs of 

 anger or any indications of giving in. 



The horse, soon tired of trying to avoid the inflic- 

 tion by backing, will endeavor to do so in another 

 way ; he will rush forward, and then you must at 

 once stop using the whip and make much of him. 



This repeated once or twice will prove wonderfully 

 successful even in the first lesson. 



The horse, having found out how to avoid the pun- 

 ishment, will not wait for the application of the whip, 

 but anticipate, by moving up at the slightest ges- 

 ture ; this will be of the greatest assistance in the 

 subsequent bending lessons, as also of great use in 

 mounting and dismounting, and in every way accel- 

 erate the training of the horse. 



HOESES BITTED. 



First Lesson.— (Seven days). 



Dismoimtecl Bending Lessons. — Mounted Bending 

 Lessons. — IIov3 to teach a Horse to obey the Pressure 

 of the Leg. 



The horses (being bitted, the curb-chains rather 

 loose) are walked round the riding-school once or 

 twice to quiet them ; the squad is then brought " to 

 the right," or "to the left," halted, and the men 

 ordered to " dismount" and begin the first bending 

 lesson w^ith the bit. 



