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toi^etlier witli man and because, not havini'' pastu- 

 res, he must expect his food from man. Even the 

 Arabs however tie their horses, and tie them to a 

 picket embedded in the ground, passing tlie tetlier 

 round the pastern of a fore-leg. (This method of 

 tethering is perhaps better, or perhaps is a neces- 

 sity in places without trees, and seems to have less 

 objections than otlier methods of tying the horse). 

 It is true that there are many other reasons for 

 keeping him tethered, but if they keep liini tethe- 

 red it must be presumed that even the Arabs do 

 not believe that the liorse waits for liis master. 



It is possible to teach, or rather to endeavour 

 to teacli tlie horse to stand still alone, in tlie fol- 

 lowing Avay. He is placed in the centre of an iso- 

 lated spot (preferably in the riding school) where 

 there are no distracting causes, and is held (he 

 may be held first by two men with two lounges) 

 by a black thin cord so that it should not be very 

 visible, attached in front to the cavesson or to the 

 back of tlie head strap just as when he is taught 

 to walk with a cord. You walk around him on 

 one side and on the other, caress him, giving often 



