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it from his trainer. But, after that, knowledge 

 is required, and this must be imparted by meth- 

 ods adapted to the nature that is to be cultivated. 

 The object of the practical portion of this book 

 is to show in what that knowledge consists and 

 how it may be communicated to the horse, and 

 so impressed upon his memory that it will never 

 be forgotten. The author has the fullest confi- 

 dence that the methods of breaking and training 

 the horse, herein taught, will, if early applied, 

 prevent his acquiring any of the faults which, 

 under former systems, have proved so numerous ; 

 while the treatment recommended for correcting 

 bad habits, already formed, will prove effectual 

 in even the most stubborn cases, and with the 

 most intractable dispositions. The reader will 

 not be asked to accept any unproved theory, but 

 will be instructed in a system which, although 

 subjected to the severest tests, has never failed 

 to accomplish the desired results. And that it 

 never will fail, the author feels assured, it being 

 firmly based on reason and experience. That it 

 may require patience and self-control on the 



