WHIPS AND SPURS 117 



It is a very important matter that you should keep 

 in the proper position with regard to the horse all this 

 time, moving regularly with him. If you advance too 

 forward, for instance, the colt will very likely stop 

 and face you, and perhaps turn about altogether. 

 Again, just as the colt's eye follows you, so must your 

 eye follow the colt, otherwise he is almost certain to 

 break his step. Should he do the latter, either from 

 some laxity on your part, or by some trickiness on his, 

 all you have got to do is to fall to the rear of him 

 and flick him with the whip on the quarters ; or re- 

 start him from the centre of the circle. 



A longeing lesson should not last longer than from 

 fifteen minutes to half-an-hour, though this, of course, 

 depends largely upon the constitution and temper of 

 the animal. The latter should therefore be noted 

 with the greatest care. Happily the longeing lessons 

 generally enable one to arrive at a pretty correct 

 opinion regarding a horse's temper, action, and so 

 forth. 



Should your observation show you that an animal 

 has a sweet temper, be careful not to tire him out. 

 For by doing so, you will only render him liable to 

 develop into a slug. 



