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simply working on the horse's mouth, may be in- 

 effective, or may be too tedious for practical re- 

 quirements. In such a case, I would advocate 

 the advisability of exacting obedience, in the first , 

 instance, by some readily feasible method, as advo- 

 cated on page 1 1 ; so as to impress the animal with 

 the idea of our supreme power over him, and to 

 banish from his mind any thought of resisting our 

 will, even on a point concerning which he would 

 always prove victorious, had he sufficient intelligence 

 to see through our artifice. Our power over the 

 horse, when we are on his back, being necessarily 

 limited in extent, it follows that, with all our 

 teaching, we may, at times, be unable to control our 

 mounts. 



Although young horses, well bred and truly 

 shaped, will, generally, ' ' carry " themselves to the 

 best advantage, we may find that many animals, 

 even in a state of freedom, and, more particularly, 

 those that have been in bad hands, contract a stiff 

 and awkward carriage, which, as a rule, may be 



