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APPROACHING A HORSE 



A good rule never to be for- 

 gotten is always to approach a 

 horse from the front. Beginners 

 are not the only persons who 

 often foolishly w^alk up to a horse 

 from behind. Riders of long ex- 

 perience frequently commit this 

 fault; they become careless at 

 times and make the approach 

 from w^herever they happen to 

 be. Some of them remember 

 their f orgetf ulness with regret. 



The experienced horseman 

 knows that horses of tempera- 

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