30 NOTES ON EQUITATION. 



any punishment in the first lessons because it often happens 

 that when a horse frets, it is only on account of timidity or 

 of high spirits or of ignorance. 



To prevent struggles, it is well to have available during 

 the first lesson, several dismounted men, ready to take by 

 the head the most unruly horses as well as those whose 

 riders are in trouble. 



