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customary slice of carrot, or other reward 

 for a good equine scholar, should be given, 

 and the horse should be .ridden to his 

 stable. 



At the beginning of the fourth week 

 he may be fitted with bit complete, and be 

 ridden anywhere, but the lessons on the 

 circle should be repeated for ten minutes 

 every day. The polo short cheek bit and 

 snaffle may be recoraended, with india- 

 rubber or leather at the back of the curb. 



If the horse be now ridden regularly, six 

 days a week, until the end of the sixth 

 week of Training, he should then have learn- 

 ed to obey the rider's leg, and go through all 

 paces as required. 



It is at this stage to be taken for granted 

 that the horse knows his duty, and is 

 willing to do it without being constantly 

 rewarded and made much of. The coaxing 

 treatment must, by degrees, be less fre- 

 quently employed, and obedience must be 

 gently but firmly enforced. It is very 

 seldom that horses trained in this way turn 

 out badly ; if they do, the mischief may 

 generally be traced to the ignorance or 

 cruelty of some untrustworthy person. 

 Experience teaches that there is not often 



