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at least in dogged sulks ; and that from not under- 

 standing, or not choosing to ohey your aids, not from 

 want of suppleness. Let art supple the temper and 

 understanding of the colt, and leave nature to supple his 

 limhs. By holding the colt's head against a wall by the 

 chin-strap, he may be made to pass sideways to either 

 hand by showing him the whip. He should also be 

 taught to rein back ; this is best done in a narrow 

 The leap- gangway. The leaping-bar is a good exercise of obe- 



ing-bar. 



dience. The bar itself should be only six feet long ; the 

 posts which support it should be four feet six inches 

 high ; the side -rails thirty feet in length, and they should 

 slope down to three feet ; they should rest on the tops of 

 the posts, and be flush with them, and perfectly smooth, 

 so that the long cord may pass freely over them without 

 catching. The colt should walk half way up the gangway, 

 thence a slow trot. Pass the reins of the snaffle through 

 the left eye of the snaffle, and fasten the long cord to 

 them. Hold the right rein close to where it passes 

 through the eye, it will clasp the lower jaw like a slip- 



