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horseman, is even the more important. A lady buyer 

 would, of course, never notice such trifles (?) as 

 these. 



To become a fashionable harness horse, the animal 

 must have high action — or, what is more useful, good 

 all round action — to begin with, otherwise no amount 

 of training will be satisfactory. 



When driving the brake, always keep the horse 

 thoroughly collected, both at walk and trot. Train 

 in the school, under the saddle, whenever opportunity 

 offers itself. 



Training Polo Ponies. - Connemara-bred 

 ponies, when such can be had, make most excellent 

 animals for this purpose. The same remark applies 

 to those horses about 14 or 14-2 hands. 



When possible, every man should break his own 

 polo pony. 



First of all, give the pony a thorough general 

 education, such as reining back, circling, and respond- 

 ing with promptitude and freedom to the aids. Most 

 excellent training is that of cantering in the figure of 

 eight, in which the horse describes a couple of small 

 circles inside the large. This is good practice lor a 



