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match well in disposition, the impulsive one should 

 be restrained and the slower one urged, so that when 

 hitched together they will have nearly the same gait 

 and respond similarly to the commands (Fig. 20). 



Fig. 20. — Young horses liitched double for the first time. 



TRAINING THE HORSE TO OBJECTS OF FEAR 



The horse should be made familiar with the various 

 sounds and objects he is likely to meet, particularly 

 along the busy thoroughfares of cities. Noise, 

 such as is produced by brass bands, street car gongs, 

 and the fierce shrieking whistles of the railroad 

 engine, and objects such as traction engines, motor 

 cars, trains and the like, is likely to frighten the 



