138 HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 



certain points in the riding school and he asso- 

 ciates them with these points. Thus at every indi- 

 cation of an aid given at such a point he knows 

 where to go, what he is to do and liow he is to 

 do it. This holds good for every other evolution. 



As the bugle signal makes him expect that 

 after it he will be given oats because this was 

 done many times, thus the fact of repeatedly ma- 

 king him go through an action immediately after 

 another, forms an association which makes him 

 remember and expect that after he has been put 

 through a certain given action he will be put 

 through another given action. This gives him the 

 idea of succession in going through various move- 

 ments, and, foreseeing the second action before he 

 is required to go through it, he prepares himself 

 for it, and performs it better. 



Por the actions which are prepared and gover- 

 ned by various aids applied one after the other, 

 he retains their succession and after the first or 

 second aid, he understands what is desired and 

 executes it without waiting to be given the other 

 aids which would follow. 



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