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to go forward resolutely at the slightest aids for 

 going as by that the horse will have no more the 

 material possibility of making reactions. This if he 

 is susceptible of being cured, that is if his moral 

 nature is not so obstinate as not to permit of being 

 persuaded not to make reactions. 



These things may be taught through proper 

 instruction with the lunge and they are also a re- 

 medy to stable vices of those horses which are 

 susceptible of being cured. It is understood that the 

 application of aids and punishments with the lunge 

 and whip is to be made at the proper time which 

 must be seized as in fencing and fighting. A step 

 taken at a wrong moment is of no use in war and 

 in training horses. The rules for the application 

 of the various aids and punishments are in TJArte 

 di Cavdlcare Chapters YI. and YII. 



Material coercion and very severe punishments ^ 

 are not a real cure if their application does not 

 produce persuasion not to make a special reaction 

 for fear of receiving such punishments. If these 

 material means are applied they must be applied 

 in the places and in the circumstances in which 



