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his mouth, and at the moment he is required to 

 spring" forward he must be " Hfted " collectively with 

 the arms and legs, and he will soon learn to bound 

 off like a rocket. Of course " lifting- " him, in the 

 ordinary sense of the word, is a mechanical impossi- 

 bility. It is a technical term in equestrian science, 

 but the metaphor has a certain peculiar force about 

 it in condensing the rider's action upon the pony, 

 the outcome of which it truly and forcibly expresses. 

 At the same time, no man can appreciate and fully 

 comprehend the importance of this extraordinary im- 

 pelling power by theory, however explicitly eluci- 

 dated, for practice, and practice only, is the avail- 

 able avenue through which this wonderful piece of 

 equine science can be acquired, understood, and 

 perfected. 



HOW TO TRAIN HIM TO STOP SUDDENLY. 



Another special portion of his work is to stop 

 suddenly when at full gallop, and this is best managed 

 by collecting the pony well together with the legs 

 and bearing heavily upon the reins, taking care at 

 first not to pull too abruptly until he grow accus- 

 tomed to the action, or he may very easily be pulled 

 over on the top of the rider, which is the reverse 

 of pleasant, to say nothing of the dangers attending 

 it. In ten or a dozen lessons he will draw himself 

 up almost upon his own ground from a full gallop 

 to a dead halt. Taking into consideration the rough 

 nature of the work of Polo, it is an excellent plan 



