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one position too long at a time, but make him come 

 to you occasionally, and follow you around the 

 stable. Then stand him in another place, and pro- 

 ceed as before. You should not train him more than 

 half an hour at a time. 



TO PREVENT A HORSE FROM SCARING. 



This process is very simple. Whenever a horse 

 scares at objects on going along the road, always 

 stop him, and let him face the object. Lead him 

 slowly towards it, and let him touch it with his nose. 

 Take the pains to do this on every occasion, and it 

 will soon break him entirely. If your horse is 

 frightened at an umbrella, you can soon learn him 

 to be used to that. Go into the stable with him, 

 and first let him look at the umbrella before it is 

 opened — let him touch it with his nose. Open it a 

 little way, and then let him see it, and finally open 

 it wide. By ordinary patience you can soon learn 

 the horse to have the umbrella opened suddenly in 

 his face, without his being afraid of it. By a simi- 

 lar treatment you can break any horse from scaring 

 at almost anything that may look frightful to him. 

 If you wish to make a trial of this theory, just take 

 a horse into the stable, and let him examine the 

 frightful object a few minutes, after his mode of ex- 

 amining things, and you will be perfectly satisfied. 

 There is a singular fact connected with taming the 

 horse that I would liave never believed if I had 

 not tried it. If you accustom him to any particular 

 object by showing it to him on one side, only, he will 



