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/1 08 HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 



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/ tliat the association o/* ^^/erf,s?fre or of }}a%n^ i. e. 



of approval or disapproval, should follow immedia- 

 tely on the action he performs which is to be ap- 

 proved or disapproved; 



that the associations which are given him in 

 order to teach him to make the various movements 

 should be of things that he knows and understands 

 and should be adapted to give rise in him to the 

 ideas of tlie actions which it is desired to teach 

 him; 



that the body of the horse should be prepared 

 to make tlie movements it is desired to do, so 

 tliat he may execute them and be brought to per- 

 form them by degrees, in order that they should 

 not be difficult to him and should therefore not 

 arouse him to oppositions and reactions. 



Attention. 



It is necessarv that tlie horse should ^ive his 

 altention to us in order to understand the associations 

 given to him for tlie purpose of giving rise in him 

 to the ideas we desire with a view to making him 



