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adequate control, and lead him round the ring with a lead- 

 ing rein attached to a cavesson. When we want to make 

 him halt, we should jerk the leading rein so as to make 

 the noseband of the cavesson strike his nose, and should 

 at the same moment bring the point of the lunging 

 whip in front of his face. By diminishing the painful 

 action of the cavesson and by continuing the threatening 

 use of the whip in front of the animal, we shall soon be 

 able to make him halt, rein back or turn, by the whip alone. 

 Having previously taught him to go on by raising the whip 

 behind him, we may, while lunging him with the leading 

 rein and cavesson, make him go forward, vary his pace, 

 or halt, by merely altering the position of the whip. After 

 a few lessons we may dispense with the cavesson and lead- 

 ing rein, and work him " at liberty." 



TEACHING A HORSE TO FOLLOW. 



Besides the whip method (see page 105), we may teach 

 the horse to follow us by the use of the Comanche bridle 

 (see page 126), by making him turn round towards us, 

 first at one side and then on the other, always accompany- 

 ing the pull of the cord with the words " Come here ! " or 

 some similar expression. Mr. C. G. Frasier taught me this 

 method. 



HANDKERCHIEF WORK. 



We may teach a horse to pick up a handkerchief by, 

 while standing at his side, pricking him on the ribs with 

 a pin or pinching him so as to make him turn round and 

 snap, and, consequently, to seize with his teeth a hand- 

 kerchief which is held in a convenient position for him 

 to take it. When he catches hold of the handkerchief, we 

 should gently remove it and should substitute some 

 appropriate dainty, such as the usual carrot, for it. In 



