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RIDING 



after he has been out a few times, to put up with a little more 

 traffic, or a worse road, than to get him into a certain routine ;. 

 as, after all, he will have to get used to good roads and bad 

 ones, quiet and busy thoroughfares. It will be found that 



horses get out of the 

 way of hanging to home 

 sooner if the rider, by 

 selecting different routes, 

 and frequently turning, 

 can make the horse lose 

 himself, so that he does 

 not know whether he is 

 going home or not. The 

 man on the old horse,, 

 supposing one has been 

 required to go with the 

 young one, should, by 

 degrees, ride farther 

 away, sometimes allow- 

 ing the young one to go- 

 first, until he is willing 

 either to follow or lead, 

 and then the companion 

 may be dispensed with. 

 Horses should be ridden 

 up to their bridles out 

 of doors, the same as in 

 the school ; the lessons in 

 the school having been 

 given with the object of 

 making them intelligent, 

 active, and obedient to- 

 the hand and legs of the rider, and no horse retains that activity 

 and readiness to obey unless he is constantly kept up to his. 

 work. It must not be understood that the horse is never to- 

 have a moment's peace, and is always to be worried from the 



A considerable amount of trouble. 



