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the action at the word and we have the substitu- 

 tion of the word for the sign. 



It is not true that the horse 



guesses what it is desired to make him do ivhen 



he is led with the lounge or ridden. 



The horse keeps well in mind the lounge and 

 whip aids and the points of the riding school to 

 which we go in order to induce him to go to 

 other points, and the aids which are given him 

 on horseback and which are employed to make 

 him go through the various movements, and even 

 the special motions we make in the saddle with 

 our body unconsciously before giving him the va- 

 rious aids required to make him go through the 

 required actions. 



Erom these motions, constantlv made before 

 giving him the aids suited to putting him through 

 the various actions, the horse understands and 

 foresees the action which it is desired to make him 

 perform and the aids which will be given him, 

 and does not wait for them but executes forthwith 



