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of his spirits. Under saddle he will not do this, 

 unless taught by the methods of the School. But 

 so taught, he will perform all these and more, 

 with readiness and evident satisfaction to him- 

 self. 



I must again impress upon you, Tom, that for 

 perfect success, even in little things, you will 

 need vastly more careful training than this ; and 

 that what I am discussing with you is but a very 

 partial substitute for the higher education. I am 

 indeed sorry to feel tied down to such simple in- 

 struction. But I want to tell you just enough to 

 lead you to experiment for yourself, and to catch 

 sufficient of the fascination of the art to study it 

 thoroughly. I am, however, anxious that you 

 should by no means understand me to say that 

 you can, by any such simple means as I shall have 

 detailed to you, perfect the education of your 

 mare. You can improve her present condition 

 vastly, and make her light and handy compared 

 to what she naturally is. But the best results in- 

 volve far other work. 



XXXVII. 



You tell me that Nelly can only trot and walk, 

 and you want to teach her the canter and hand 

 gallop. Many horses will naturally fall into a 

 canter if you shake the reins; but some who 

 come of trotting stock will not do so without con- 



