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tions. We have heard pupils of both sexes profess a dis- 

 like to riding, for the probable reason that they were put 

 on such horses to take their first lessons and became dis- 

 gusted. A dog-cart that goes hop-pid-de-bob would be a 

 bad vehicle to recommend to a novice, if we wanted his 

 opinion of the pleasure of driving. 



A well-proportioned horse has no naturally contracted 

 motions, and the facility w4th which he can do every- 

 thing encourages him in all his performances. He is 

 always at his rider's service wath a cheerful air. He 

 should be ridden with a snaffle ; or, if he has on a bit- 

 and-bridoon, ride him in ordinary on the bridoon. He 

 w^ants to be free, and the curb is out of place with him 

 except on special occasions, when it serves the double 

 purpose of either showing off or gathering him ujd for a 

 canter. 



HESITATIXQ STEPS. 



The difference between the step of a horse going from 

 his stable and that on his returning to it, is very great. 

 The former is hesitating and disagreeable under the sad- 

 dle, while the latter is most desirable and pleasant to the 

 rider ; yet both the rider and driver feel the reluctance 

 with which he steps out in the former, while in the 

 latter he is like another horse — free and easy. A know- 

 ing owner will, for this reason, let his horse be tried by 

 the purchaser on his return to his stable, if he be one of 

 the hesitating kind. 



KATUKE, AET AKD SCIENCE. 



Nature and her daughter. Art, must unite in the phy- 

 sical and mental training of the saddle-horse. AVhen 

 ready, Art calls in her sister. Science, to her aid to enable 

 her to perform great or critical feats by combining the 

 efforts of the three, and uniting, with the indispensable 

 power of science, the ideas of two heads on one thing. 



