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over our opponent, even if it has no direct bearing on the 

 point at issue ; we should put the horse (of course, without 

 the cart) through exactly the same course of discipline 

 as I have recommended for the jibber in saddle. We 

 may then harness him to a light, empty, two-wheeled 

 trap — inside a manege or other suitable enclosure, if pos- 

 sible — and working him on the track on which we had 

 previously handled him, try to circle him with the long 

 reins (see page 183), open snaffle bridle, and standing mar- 

 tingale, to the side to which he more readily bends. 

 Having accomplished this, we should endeavour to get 

 him, by taking a wide sweep, to turn to the other rein, 

 and, if we are successful, should circle him freely on it, 

 turning him and changing the direction of the circle so as 

 to produce the best result. If he remains obstinate, we 

 should take him out of the cart, and put him through the 

 previous discipline, as we may deem advisable. As soon 

 as we think he has given in, we may put him again 

 between the shafts, and give him another trial. In 

 attempting to start or turn the animal, we should on no 

 account use the whip, except to raise it as a signal for 

 the horse to go on, or possibly to crack it. Having 

 accustomed him, while using the long reins, to receive 

 the click of the tongue or the sight of the raised whip as 

 a signal to start, he will almost always obey it at this 

 period of the lesson. While the horse is on the circle, a 

 light feeling of the inward rein will also be an indication 

 for him to move on. When the horse circles and turns, 

 with the cart behind him, in perfect obedience to our 

 signals, we may gradually load it with any suitable objects, 



