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ness or restlessness. The reader will see from the 

 print that the cavesson is a head-collar, having a 

 metal nose-band upon the front and each side of 

 which are rings for reins. I do not use a bit in 

 exercising horses upon the longe, but I fasten the 

 side reins to buckles upon each side of the surcingle, 

 and put the longe-line in the ring on the front of 

 the nose-band. 



The horse, equipped in the manner indicated, 

 should be taken to some quiet spot, and made to go 

 quietly about the trainer, first to one hand and then 

 to the other. At intervals the animal should be 

 drawn to the trainer to receive caresses and kind 

 words. In this way the horse receives an excellent 

 kind of exercise, in which much of the general 

 suppling is accomplished, and gains a confidence in 

 man that cannot be imparted so rapidly by any 

 other means. 



The pulls upon the longe-line should be very 

 light. Waving the line a few times horizontally 

 will usually induce the horse to stop. The greatest 

 power (to be used with discretion) may be obtained 

 by waving the line up and down, and by giving a 

 pull upon the rein as the hand comes down. 



It is better not to let the horse go faster than a 

 slow trot in longeing it. In the rapid paces there is 

 great risk of injury, and the horse falls into a care- 



