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dainty. The horse will, then, soon learn to 

 recognise the fact, that he gets a reward for 

 taking hold of the handkerchief; and, then, can 

 be readily taught to pick it up, or to take it off 

 one of his legs, to which it is loosely tied. 

 Horses that are naturally ticklish, and inclined to 

 snap, are the quickest to learn this trick, in this 

 manner. Instead of getting the horse to catch 

 hold by irritating him, the same object may be 

 obtained by tying up, in the handkerchief, a piece 

 of carrot, or other botme dotu/ie, and inducing 

 the animal to lift up the handkerchief, in his 

 endeavour to get at the contained morsel. 



See-sawing on a plank, etc. — Employ the rope- 

 twitch (see Figs. 19-22, pages 108-18), and Co- 

 manche bridle (see Figs. 49-51). 



Shaking hands. — Teach, as in '^begging," q.v., 

 the animal to advance his foot, by pulling it 

 forward. 



