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To teach him for your amusement to follow you 

 when entirely loose, put on the near fore foot, a long 

 foot strap, and place on him a girth ; and holding 

 the end in your hand, step away from him ; then step 

 toward him and if, he attempts to step away from 

 you, pull up on the strap and say : "Whoa." If he 

 stops, step up and caress him ; repeat until he will 

 allow you to step up to him without moving away. 

 Now take a short, blunt whip in your right hand, 

 and the strap in your left, standing by his side, pass 

 your right arm over the withers and gently touch 

 him on the offside of the head ; if he starts to move 

 off, pull up on the strap, and say : "Whoa." When 

 he turns his head, caress him gradually with the 

 whip, forcing him to turn his head around toward 

 you. When he will do this, every time you put the 

 whip over, you may remove the foot strap and prac- 

 tise him in the lesson, until he will come to you, 

 every time you lay the whip across his neck ; then 

 put on the foot strap again, put your whip in the 

 same position and hit him in the same place quite 

 hard, at the same time, saying : " Come liere, Sir.'' 

 After a little, he will be very prompt ; then place him 

 in a corner and step off at a distance of eight or ten 

 feet, and say : " Come here, Sir.'' If he comes, ca- 

 ress him ; if he does not come, hit him gently on the 

 breast with a long whip. He will, perhaps, struggle 



