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CHAP. XLII. 



ON BREAKING CAVALRY, SADDLE-HORSES, AND 

 HORSES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



THIS is a business to vrliich professed 

 grooms are fully competent, but it is rather 

 the occupation of those who are called horse- 

 breakers J and it is an employment of some 

 importance with respect to the horses above 

 SYientionea, us liorii siiCxi m£u tiicy receive 

 their earliest tuition ; and great care should be 

 taken not to instruct them improperly at first, 

 as they will most likely retain their bad habits 

 during their lives. The first lesson a colt re- 

 ceives, after he has been tied to the rack in a 

 collar, and is accustomed to be spoken to and 

 handled, is to be led backward and forward to 

 his stable to be v/atered. This habituates him 

 to the voice and presence of men, and removes 

 his shyness, and accustoms him to the pace of 

 the person who leads him. 

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