TRAINING THE YOUNG HORSE 85 



so, and as a general rule the reason is that the animal has not 

 been judiciously treated in his first lessons in mounting. He 

 should always be allowed to stand a short time after he has 

 been mounted, and then started quietly at a moderate pace. 

 The same lesson should be practised until the horse submi s 

 to be mounted and dismounted without showing any fear or 

 nervousness, and the cavesson should not be dispensed with 

 until the horse carries his rider quietly round the school, or 

 whatever place he is being broken in. When the cavesson is 

 taken off for the first time it is not necessary to halt the horse 

 and go through a ceremony. The man who is leading him 

 should, while walking round with him, quietly unbuckle the 

 rein and continue walking round, gradually getting a little 

 farther away from him, leaving the cavesson itself on until he is 

 dismounted. 



