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every trooper to spare himself no trouble to 

 become " pals " with his horse and get to 

 understand him thoroughly. This will pay 

 you well and you will find, if you try it, that 

 the horse, and particularly the thoroughbred 

 horse, has far more brains and affection for 

 his master than most people are disposed to 

 give him credit for. A horse that has been 

 really well looked after by his owner will 

 almost speak and will certainly make you 

 understand what he wants and that he is 

 thankful for what he gets. A horse is, I 

 find, always anxious to please, and although, 

 when he is well, he may wish to play in a 

 way you do not want or appreciate, still to 

 my mind all the vice and badness in a horse 

 is put into him by bad management and 

 darkness. 



After exercise comes grooming, and here 

 again I presume that all my hearers have 

 had practical lessons and do not wish to 

 waste time talking about it. One thing only 

 1 must say, and that is that I am a believer 

 in what is called the ''American system" of 



