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erty of a private owner. A few men have discovered that 

 horses properly broken, bitted and accustomed to the city 

 sights, commanded an additional value and added a new ele- 

 ment to the reputation of the dealer. To those who under- 

 stand horses it is not sufficient that an animal should be 

 merely well formed, accustomed to draft and comparatively 

 docile, but if they are intended to be put immediately to draw- 

 ing a carriage, it is necessary that the horse should have 

 been accustomed to the bearing-rein, the various forms of 

 driving or riding bits, the flexing of the neck, so that these 

 bits will act as they are intended to do, that the animal will 

 stand quietly and " have passed satisfactorily through the 

 other rudiments of schooling." It is evident, after a mo- 

 ment's reflection, how greatly the value of a horse is en- 

 hanced by such training, and to what extent it increases the 

 pleasure of the owner or the rider and mitigates against the 

 chance of accident. 



