HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 173 



The object which he is accustomed to seize is 

 held in front of him lower, and he is made to 

 seize it lower. It is placed on the ground, and he 

 seizes it on the ground. It is taken from his mouth 

 and he is caressed and given something to eat, and 

 waits for it to be taken from his mouth in order 

 to have this something to eat. We draw back a 

 little in doing this and the idea comes to him of 

 following after, with the object in his mouth, so 

 that it may be taken out and he may be given 

 the morsel to eat which has been given to him at 

 other times. Thus bv varic^us successions of small 

 modifications, from the idea of biting called forth 

 at first he is conducted to carrying and })ringing 

 an object held in his mouth. 



Teaching Mm to raise 7m lefffi aJternateh/ 

 and hnocJt' at the door. 



Standing at the side of the left fore-leg whilst 

 the horse is held by two men distant one, two, 

 three or mor(^ yards from him Avith two lounges 

 and looking at the horse's eye, with the whip 



