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had not been guilty of mutiny. Regardless of the 

 time passed, or of the annoyance it causes him, the 

 trainer should keep the horse in the same place, 

 until it readily obeys the order it has refused. If 

 the horse becomes violent, it may be hobbled ; but 

 it is always better to obtain obedience with the 

 bridle alone, as the horse will learn to look upon it 

 as a potent instrument. The man may not desire 

 to repeat this lesson, but it is seldom that any horse 

 requires a repetition. 



The horse should never be punished with whip 

 or spur. Those aids should be looked upon as the 

 means by which the rider conveys his orders, and 

 the animal should not wince or struggle when they 

 are threatened or applied. 



The trainer should remember that nearly all the 

 resistances of young horses arise from ignorance of 

 what is required of them, and he should take great 

 care to show the horse what is demanded of it before 

 he thinks of correcting it for a fault. 



A horse trained according to the method I have 

 offered, should, and I am convinced will, render 

 immediate obedience to its rider. 



The horse in training, as at all times, should 

 be kept in regular exercise. During the suppling 

 lessons, it should be longed upon the cavesson rein. 

 The cavesson is a sovereign remedy for nervous- 



