TRICK HORSES. 387 



TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO DRIVE A BOY OFF 

 THE PEDESTAL. 



It will be necessary to first educate the horse 

 to mount the pedestal. Instructions to do this 

 may be found elsewhere ; then proceed in the 

 following manner to educate to the above trick. 

 Put on the Bonaparte bridle, using a cord, say 

 twenty feet long, and send your horse away 

 from you with a whip, the length of the cord, 

 then give him a slight pull, and say, " Come here ;" 

 then run from him and mount the pedestal your- 

 self; when he approaches he will try to mount, 

 and as he does so you jump off. After you 

 have thus exercised him a few times get a boy 

 to assist you. Let the boy stand on the pedestal, 

 and say to your horse, " Come here and mount 

 up ;" instruct the boy to leave so soon as the 

 animal shall mount. 



You will find this trick quite a sensational one, 

 and not difficult to learn your horse. 



