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less the continuance of an exercise than its 

 being properly done that perfects the exe- 

 cution of it. Besides, as this pace requires 

 a considerable displacement of forces, and 

 as the animal will have been already sub- 

 jected to a rather painful exercise, it would 

 be dangerous to prolong it beyond the time 

 I mentioned. The horse will lend himself 

 more willingly to your efforts when they are 

 nicely managed, and of short duration ; his 

 intelligence, becoming familiar with this effi- 

 cient progression, will hasten success. He 

 will submit himself calmly, and without re- 

 pugnance, to work in which there will be 

 nothing painful to him ; and we will be able 

 thus to push his education to the farthest 

 limits, not only without injury to his phy- 

 sical organization, but in restoring to their 

 normal state organs which a forced exercise 

 might have weakened. This regular de- 

 velopment of all the organs of the horse 

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