HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY. 77 



quires about one week's training, half an hour 

 each day, then proceed in the same manner upon 

 the off side ; as soon as he obeys the motion of 

 the whip upon this side, take your position behind 

 him, and turn him by the motion of the whip, to 

 the right or to the left; as soon as he performs 

 nicely, put the harness upon him, take the lines 

 behind him, and, as you give him the word to 

 go forwaTQs, throw the whip down by his right 

 side without touching him, at the same time 

 have the long web around the rear fore foot, and 

 give it to an assistant ; you want him to stop, 

 give him the word wJioa^ at the same time your 

 assistant pulls up the foot, turn the whip in a 

 horizontal position above your head — in this way 

 you teach him that the whip in that position 

 means whoa. By repeating these motions, he 

 learns in about four weeks to turn to the right 

 whenever the whip is thrown towards the right 

 shoulder; to the left when thrown towards the 

 left shoulder ; to go ahead when thrown down by 

 the right side ; and to stop when held in a hori- 

 zontal position. You now want to teach him to 

 back ; having previously instructed him accord- 

 ing to our rule, put the cord, using the small 

 loop, in his mouth ; take the cord in your hand 

 with the reins, pull upon the reins, and say Back, 

 at the same time keep the whip directly over the 

 animal's back, giving it an upward and downward 

 motion, or you may tap him gently upon the back 

 with the whip — this is best done in a sulky. If 

 be starts forward, set him back by pulling quickly 



