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will present themselves immediately to his mind, and 

 the horse will go forward just as he had done when he 

 felt the whip. In the same way when the horse has 

 learnt to yield his quarters to the whip, he will later 

 on yield them readily to the pressure of one leg, be- 

 cause the two sensations will have been associated 

 from the lirst. 



The movements which the horse 7iaturally executes, 

 under the action of the aids are few. The quietest 

 horse is, therefore, unable to carry out the instructions 

 of his rider if he does not understand them. It is by 

 depending on the principle quoted above, that one 

 forms the language which will make it possible to 

 establish this indispensable co-operation. Sight, hear- 

 ing, touch, and even taste, come successively into play, 

 and have each their part in this education. 



It is on the luno^ino^ rein that the first elements are 

 taught. The touch, and then the mere sight of the 

 whip, produces the forward movement, to which will 

 be associated the click of the tongue, and for which 

 will be substituted later on the pressure of the 

 legs. 



The pull on the lunging rein in the same way 

 prepares the lesson of the opened rein, which in its 

 turn will serve to explain the action of the indirect 

 rein. 



The actions of opening the rein, and the indirect 

 actions, will eventually bring the horse to understand 

 the actions of opposition, on which will soon be grafted 

 the lesson of the leg, then actions more and more 

 combined, and more and more secret, perhaps also 

 less and less precise. 



From the first, the necessity is therefore evident 

 of securing the greatest precision in all transmitted 



