CHAPTER I. 



Early Handling. 



Object of Training — Horse-training is a series of 

 exercises to render the horse obedient and at the same 

 time to preserve and develop his inherent qualties. It 

 is a muscular training which by suppling the parts will 

 strengthen the entire body, and by balancing the horse 

 will develop harmony in his movements. 



New Horses. — New horses should be exercised dai- 

 ly, at first being led by men on foot, and later by men 

 mounted on- quiet horses. The exercise should be at a 

 walk, and is used to quiet and strerugthen the animals. 

 When leading a young horse mounted, the side upon 

 which he is led should often be changed to avoid giving 

 a false set to the neck. 



Care of New Horses. — ^The young horse should have 



flannel bandages om his fore legs when exercised, from 



the fetlock to the knee, to support the P.exor tendons and 



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