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by a gentle tap or draw of the rein. It 

 is better for one man only to work the 

 colt at these early stages, till he knows 

 a bit, as it is highly essential to say to 

 him only the right thing in the right 

 place. For example, you require him to 

 stand over, and you repeat these words 

 and no other, accompanied by a tap, till 

 in a very few moments he will have 

 learned his lesson and comply with eager- 

 ness ; but if, after the lapse of half an hour, 

 a stranger comes and, requiring him to 

 *' stand over," says, " Now then," or " Get 

 up," or " Hello," or '' Come here," is he 

 not speaking in a foreign language to 

 him, and undoing what you have taught ? 

 Teach him the alphabet of " coop " and 

 " whoa," and you can drive him about the 

 streets with impunity. Run him round 

 always as much one way as the other, or 

 his mouth will be getting one-sided. 



