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unlj need to stand on oft' side, reach under him, raise 

 near front foot with your hand and draw his nose a 

 little to you, and say "Lie Down," and lie w'J ohey 

 your command. A few lessons more and you may 

 only touch him on the knees witli the end of your whip 

 and he will go down. Don't fail to ahrays use the 

 same words: "Lie Down." 



TO SIT UP. 



After you have taught him to lie down, you may 

 put an ordinary riding bridle on him, ask him to lie 

 down, then get .behind him, step on his tail while 

 you hold the l)ridle reins in your hand, say *'get up." 



TELLING AGP:. 



Have a small tack placed in a whip close to the 

 l,.sh of it; ]3rick him on the back part of the front leg.. 

 He will raise the foot and put it down with a thud,, 

 to get vengeance on the "lly.^' Have him do this 

 two or three times, then reward him for it by caress- 

 ing him. When he understands that when the whip 

 is pointed toward the leg it means for him to paw,. 

 you may raise the whip quickly and let the end of it 

 strike him under the chin, and he will soon learn t» 

 stop when you raise the whip. By taking the same 

 position every ihuo ho will soon know what you want 

 him to do by a movement of llie tiiiger, or a slight 

 bending of the body. You may now: ask him how old 

 he is; and when he strikes the ground as niany times 

 as he is years old, you may change your .position and 



