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he does move a little either forward or backward, step a little 

 to the right or left very cautiously ; this will keep him in one 

 place. As you get very near him, draw a little to his shoulder, 

 and stop a few seconds. If you are in his reach he will turn 

 his head and smell your hand, not that he has any preference 

 for your hand, but because that is projecting, and is the nearest 

 portion of your body to the horse. This all colts will do, 

 and they will smell your naked hand just as quickly as they 

 will of anything that you can put in it. 



As soon as he touches your hand with his nose, caress him 

 as before directed, always using a very light, soft hand, merely 

 touching the horse, always rubbing the way the hair lies, so 

 that your hand will pass along as smoothly as possible. As 

 you stand by his side, you may find it more convenient to rub 

 his neck or the side of his head, which will answer the same 

 purpose as rubbing his forehead. Favor every inclination of 

 the horse to smell or touch you with his nose. Always follow 

 each touch or communication of this kind ivith the most tender 

 and affectionate caresses, accompanied with a kind look, arid 

 pleasant word of some sort, such as, "Ho ! my little boy — hoi 

 my little boy I" " Pretty boy !" " Nice lady !" or something of 

 that kind, constantly repeating the same words, with the same 

 kind; steady tone of voice ; for the horse soon learns to read the 

 expression of the face and voice, and will know as well when 

 fear, love, or anger prevails, as you know your own feelings j 

 two of which, fear and anger, a good horseman should never 

 feel. 



If your horse, instead of being wild, seems to be of a stub- 

 born or mulish disposition ; if he lays back his ears as you ap- 

 proach him, or turns his heels to kick you, he has not that regard 



