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TRAINING FOR RIDING 



{Continued) 



IN the forest it is much easier to pick up 

 the tracks of ponies and horses running 

 loose. Take any ride and let Disciple 

 wander along with a loose rein. He will make 

 various examinations — some a little interesting 

 and some dismissed with indifference. He 

 reahses you have put him again on the quest, 

 and with zest lends himself to the game. Pull 

 him up at the cross rides, and let him make 

 his own selection. He will cast about un- 

 decided, sniffing the ground, and wiU look up 

 first one ride, and then the other, and, if there's 

 nothing doing, will turn his eye round to you 

 for guidance. 



Go along and let him do the hunting. He 

 makes all kinds of stoppages, often in places 

 where you can see nothing to attract ; but if 

 he spends time, you may be sure he has got a 

 whiff of something worth consideration. If he 

 decides it's not worth while, on he goes. 



At last, after many disappointments, he 



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