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dined forward, and disturbs the horse. The dis- 

 charge of guns is unendurable to some horses be- 

 cause it gives them a painful shock in the brain. 

 For these a remedy may be cotton in the ears. . 



In order to accustom the horse to the sabre, it 

 is attached to the saddle and the trainer walks 

 along with him at his side, holding him with the 

 cayesson and lounge in the riding school after 

 haying given him instruction with the lounge and 

 he is always stroked and stopped if he shows 

 signs of agitation. When he is inditferent at a walk 

 he is made to go at a short trot and at a gallop, 

 and he must always be brought back to a walk 

 and stopped and caressed if he begins to grow 

 excited, and not allowed to run because he would 

 grow much more excited and so on indefinitely. 



Corte da Pavia said that he taught the war 

 horse to be courageous by simulating a combat 

 with another rider who always drew back. He 

 taught the horse to allow himself to be ridden by 

 the master only, by having him ridden by others 

 who ill-treated and punished him and allowed him 

 to make reactions and pretended to fall from him 



