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ing him on each side with two lounges attached to 

 the side rings of the cavesson and the man, who is 

 teaching him not to be afraid, should stand in front 

 of him with another lounge and close to him so 

 as to be able to stroke him on the head and on 

 the eyes. Thus, the teacher remains between the 

 horse and the object of fear. Holding the horse 

 with the croup towards the object may give him 

 less fear, but it is not so well because he, being in 

 a position favourable to bolting, might drag the 

 men with him, and he would have learnt that he 

 can run away, which would be very bad. 



The men on each side should stand a yard or 

 two away and slightly in advance of the horse's 

 head. They should not do anything, save offer an 

 elastic and yielding resistance, if the horse draws 

 back owing to fear, and the same must be done by 

 the man at his head, in order to overcome his fear. 



Just as not doing anything to him in presence 

 of the object of fear is the way of ridding him of 

 his fear, in the same way when the object of fear 

 passes he should be allowed to look at it without 

 doing anything to him, only speaking to him 



