78 Horse and Man. 



CHAPTER V. 



BREAKING THE HORSE. 



You are now, if you have diligently and 

 successfully practised the precepts already laid 

 down for your guidance, completely master 

 of any well educated horse. But few horses 

 certainly very few English horses can 

 be called thoroughly well educated. The 

 chances therefore are, that whatever horse you 

 may procure for your own riding will require 

 some additional education. And the question 

 now remains, in what manner this education 

 can best be supplied. 



The complete education of a saddle horse 

 consists of two distinct branches. He must 

 be made willing to obey his rider, and he 

 must be taught to understand his rider. The 

 former of these two branches of education is 

 termed Breaking the horse, and the latter 

 Suppling him. They are, as every clear- 

 headed man will immediately perceive, entirely 



