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HOW THE HORSE LEARXS 

 AND HOW HE MUST BE TAUGHT 



Hemark. Vague and erroneous ideas are gene- 

 rally held as to the method of treating horses. Ri- 

 ders are often observed to require their horses to 

 perform an action, whilst themselves doing that 

 which is suited to induce their horses to do the 



eontrary. 



In order to obtain what is desired from hor- 

 ses, they must be treated logically in accordance 

 with their nature and intelligence, and in order to 

 be able to deal with them loi^icallv it is necessary 

 to know their nature, and to understand how they 

 learn. From acquaintance with their nature, and 

 from knowing how they learn Ave come to under- 



