134 HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 



Associations of place 

 and associations of time or succession. 



The learning' of the various evoliitions is faci- 

 litated for the horse by associating them A\ith 

 certain given tpoints in the riding school, i. e, l>y 

 giving him associations ai 2)lace, h\ repeatedly cau- 

 sing him to perform a given action at a given point, 

 and by making him perform an action immedia- 

 tely after another given action, i, e. by giving liim 

 associations of time or succession. The meinorv of 

 the place recalls the memory of the evolution 

 executed at that 2)lace and the memory of the 

 action first performed recalls that which was con- 

 stantly performed immediately afterwards , and 

 which he must j)erform after the first. 



Teaching the various evolutions by the aids of 

 the hand and of the weight of the rider's body 

 etc., at given points in the riding school causes 

 him to associate such evolutions Avith those points 

 and on the same aids being applied at those given 

 points he better remembers the evolutions he has 



