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walking. When he is accnstomed to hear it circling 

 from some distance he must hear it gradually 

 nearer and standing behind the motor and on the 

 side of the motor. After this has been done for 

 an hour for several days and the horse is nearing 

 the motor decidedly and is not afraid of the noise, 

 the men leading him must be gradually diminished 

 till only one leads with only one lounge and with- 

 out the man who sat on the motor and without 



the groom. 



When the horse is accustomed to the sight and 

 noise of the motor standing still, he should be ac- 

 customed to the motor moving. Have the motor 

 moved very slowly so that the horse may be led 

 to follow it by the men with the lounges at a slow 

 walk. The walk must be very slow. Were the horse 

 to be obliged to follow at a quick walk he would 

 grow excited. After he has been walking for some 

 time behind the motor, stop it and have him led 

 forward passing close to it. Then stop the horse and 

 move the motor i)assing close to where the horse 

 stands and stop it some yards forward. Repeat this 

 several times and then make the horse walk close 



