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Some time after tliis tiresome beginning, the teeth 

 will be kept closed a little longer ; then caress him 

 with hand and voice. 



The oats and sugar impregnated with saliva will 

 make the horse anxious to taste them, and he will 

 rush at the handkerchief when you put it near his 

 lips. Lower it or remove it to get him to follow, 

 and soon, whenever he can see, he will try to get 

 at it. 



To make him pick it up off the ground, say, ^' d 

 terre^^ (on the ground), if he does not take it, try to 

 show him with your hand what is wanted, point out 

 where the handkerchief is ; if he will not go to it, the 

 eavesson may be found useful. 



Act carefully till you are convinced that it is not 

 ignorance on the horse's part ; if, after picking it up 

 once, he was so capricious as to refuse to do it a second 

 time, speak to him with severity, and use the whip, 

 without, however, losing your temper. 



You cannot, without punishment, bring even a well- 

 trained horse to passive obedience. It often happened 

 to me, with a clever mare I had, that when I threw 

 the handkerchief to some distance, I could not prevail 

 upon her to pick it np till I threatened her with the 

 whip, then she at once rushed off, and brought it to 

 me. 



It is with regret I publish the means of making a 

 horse kneel, limp, lie down, and sit on his haunches, 

 in the position called the '^Cheval Gastrono7yie.^^ 



