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less the continuance of an exercise than its 

 being properly done that perfects the exe 

 cution of it. Besides, as this pace requires 

 a considerable displacement of forces, and 

 as the animal will have been already sub 

 jected to a rather painful exercise, it would 

 be dangerous to prolong it beyond the time 

 I mentioned. The horse will lend himself 

 more willingly to your efforts when they are 

 nicely managed, and of short duration ; his 

 intelligence, becoming familiar with this effi 

 cient progression, will hasten success. He 

 will submit himself calmly, and without re 

 pugnance, to work in which there will be 

 nothing painful to him ; and we will be able 

 thus to push his education to the farthest 

 limits, not only without injury to his phy 

 sical organization, but in restoring to their 

 normal state organs which a forced exercise 

 might have weakened. This regular de 

 velopment of all the organs of the horse 

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