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this sitting posture more than a minute the first lesson. Repeat 

 this two or three times a day for five or six days, and you, with 

 the assistance of a whip pointed downwards to the ground, will 

 witness the pleasing effect of your instruction by seeing your 

 horse sit down at the word of command. 



To Educate a Horse to Drive a Boy off the Pedestal. 



It will be necessary- to first educate the horse to mount the 

 pedestal, then proceed in the following manner. Put on the 

 Bonaparte bridle, using a cord, say twenty feet long, and send 

 your horse awa}^ from you with a whip, the length of the cord, 

 then give him a slight pull, and say, ''Come here ; " then run from 

 liim and mount the pedestal yourself; when he approaches he 

 w^ill try to mount, and as he does so 3^ou jump off. After you 

 have thus exercised him a few times get a boy to assist you. 

 Let the boy stand on the pedestal, and say to your horse, ''Come 

 here and mount up ; '' instruct the boy to leave so soon as the 

 animal shall mount. 



You will find this trick quite a sensational one, and not diffi- 

 cult to learn your horse. 



To Shake Hands. 



This is easily accomplished by tying a short-strap or piece of 

 cord to the forward foot below the fetlock ; then stand directly in 

 front of the horse, and hold the end of the strap in your hand, 

 and say, "Shake hands, sir." After which j)ull immediately upon 

 the strap, which will bring his foot forward, and which you are 

 to accei)t as shaking hands; then, of course, you must caress and 

 feed him, and keep hiiu repeating, until, Avhen you make the 

 demand, he will bring the foot forward in anticipation of having 

 it pulled up. 



How to Make a Horse Bow. 



Prick him in the breast with a pin, till he throws his head 

 down and up the least bit ; then take the pin away, and caress 

 him kindly ; repeat for a few times, until when jo\i stand back 

 and attract his attention, he will nod his head, expecting a prick 

 in the breast. 



