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thing is to secure a suitable place for training. 

 An inclosure twenty-five or thirty feet square ia 

 required. If you have it smaller, and your horse 

 should be disposed to kick, you would be in 

 danger; if larger, it gives the animal too much 

 room to get away from the whip. It is better 

 that you go in with the horse alone, as then the 

 animal will have no other object to take his atten- 

 tion. Turn him loose without bridle or halter in 

 the inclosure ; take your position in the centre, 

 holding in your right hand a straight whip nine 

 or ten feet long; you crack the whip as you take 

 your position; this alarms the horse and causes 

 him to run into one corner of the inclosure; 

 crack it several times that he may learn that you 

 do not intend to hurt him; now commence tap- 

 ping him lightly upon the near shoulder, but not 

 to hurt him ; if a nervy fellow he is all excite- 

 ment for a few minutes ; continue the tapping 

 until he turns his head towards you, which he 

 will do in a short time. The moment he turns it, 

 however slight it may be, cease the whipping ; as 

 soon as he turns it away again repeat the tapping 

 with the whip; in a few minutes he again turns 

 his head towards you; stop the motion of the 

 whip : as he turns away repeat the whip-tapping 

 as before; in a very short time he turns around 

 so that you can approach him; now gently caress 

 him; move away and again approach him; should 

 he turn away repeat the whipping : by this means 

 you teach him to come to you on the near side. 

 After he has learned this thoroughly, which re- 



