TRAINING. 71 



The horse, equipped in the manner indicated, 

 should be taken to some quiet spot, and made to go 

 quietly about the trainer, first to one hand and then 

 to the other. At intervals the animal should be 

 drawn to the trainer to receive caresses and kind 

 words. In this way the horse receives an excellent 

 kind of exercise, in which much of the general 

 suppling is accomplished, and gains a confidence in 

 man that cannot be imparted so rapidly by any 

 other means. 



The pulls upon the longe-line should be very 

 light. Waving the lines a few times horizontally 

 will usually induce the horse to stop. The greatest 

 power (to be used with discretion) may be obtained 

 by waving the line up and down, and by giving a 

 pull upon the rein as the hand comes down. 



It is better not to let the horse go faster than a 

 slow trot in longeing it. In the rapid paces there is 

 great risk of injury, and the horse falls into a care- 

 less and heavy manner of moving that must be 

 corrected afterwards. 



The lessons should be given every day, and the 

 horse should be in the hands of the trainer at least an 

 hour — divided, if possible, into two lessons of thirty 

 minutes each day. When the horse is used under 

 the saddle, the suppling lessons should be given 

 before and after the riding exercise, until the animal 



