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including longeing, riding, and the aids 

 Nothing fits a horse so well for his harness 

 work, as being intelligently trained on the 

 system ab >ve described. The next j3oint 

 to be considered is the fitting of the 

 harness. What is often called vice and 

 temper, is merely the result of intense 

 irritation or pain caused by ill-fitting 

 harness. A tightly buckled crupper, may 

 so rub and injure a horse's dock, that he 

 kicks a carriage to pieces. His shoulders 

 may be so tender from excessive collar work 

 at the beginning of his training, that he 

 becomes a jibber. The object of these few 

 words under the head of driving, is to 

 mitigate the hardships both of the horse 

 and his master. The horse must be trained 

 step by step, and each step should be 

 firmly planted before the next is taken. 

 After passing through the training detailed 

 above, he should stand in the stable on 

 pillar reins for a few days, with the harness 

 on, and champ the bit. He may then be 

 led out, one man being at his head and 

 another holding on to a rope attached to 

 the traces. The man pulling at the traces, 

 gets the horse by degrees to pull against 

 him, and so draw him along. The man at 



