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being mounted for the first time, and 

 the trainer will, perhaps, never ex- 

 perience any trouble with him. It is 

 not improbable that upon the third or 

 fourth day that he is mounted he will, 

 on being taken beyond his usual limits, 

 show some disinclination to yield to 

 the wiU of the rider, and refuse to go 

 in a direction for which he has some 

 dislike. No violence should be resorted 

 to in such a case, but if he will not 

 answer the bit and the pressure of the 

 legs, he may be led by some one who 

 should be at hand in these early lessons 

 to assist the trainer. 



The snaffle, alone, should be used at 

 first, and the rider should hold his 

 hand high or low, as the horse bears 

 down or raises his head. He should 



