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purposes. The prejudice against carrying the 

 education of the horse beyond the point of mere 

 usefulness is so great and so general, that most 

 horsemen err in the other direction, and neglect 

 important exercises in the fear that they will teach 

 something that is unnecessary ; and consequently 

 there are few horses, comparatively speaking, that 

 are really safe and pleasant to ride. I now regret 

 that I ever mentioned the High School in my books, 

 as I feel that the term has brought distrust upon 

 the whole method ; but I hope that in the present 

 form of this work the evil has been to a great 

 extent remedied by the separation of that which is 

 necessary in the training of all saddle-horses from 

 that which may be neglected without detriment. 



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