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the field for half an hour each day, oi', 

 better still, twice a day, for a week or so, 

 in accordance with how much time you 

 can afford to spare on your pupil. During 

 the same days, when you are not on his 

 back, he should be broken to stand or 

 walk quietly under the effect of unwonted 

 sights and sounds. Each breaker will 

 have his own idea as to what is the best 

 variety, but among other things I recom- 

 mend the following. 



Let your man come in at the gate with 

 one of those noisy rattles that the youth- 

 ful Hodge employs to scare birds from 

 the corn, and make all the row he can as 

 he walks up to, past, and away from the 

 colt, who will very soon cease to regard 

 it. I was amused by one of mine, that 



