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a most valuable lesson. Then we try the same method when 

 the engine is at the station, and in a very short time our horse 

 will stand securely in his place at the depot, nntil we have 

 loaded onr baggage, or unloaded it, and does not know that he 

 can move, until we are seated in our carriage, and he hears 

 the word, go on. If there were fifty engines all puffing at the 

 same time, it would not make any difference. And this course 

 will usually succeed with regard to other objects, but you 

 must have patience, and make no mistakes. 



We once purchased a horse, for a mere trifle, of a gentle- 

 man in Newbury ; a very valuable horse, with one exception. 

 He could not be made to pass a load of hay on the road, with 

 any degree of safety. We were informed by the owner, that 

 he was perfectly unmanageable in the presence of a load of 

 hay. This information was communicated to us, after we had 

 bought the horse. After we had owned him a month or so, 

 and had thoroughly convinced him that we were his friends, 

 and that he must do what we asked him to, we drove down to 

 Newbury, and found the farmers moving their salt hay from 

 the marshes. In less than one hour's time, we were following 

 three large loads of hay, with two loads behind us, while our 

 reins were hanging loosely on the dasher. And the best of 

 all was the fact that the former owner of the horse was sitting 

 on the seat with us, perfectly astonished at the good behavior 

 of the horse, and his own bad behavior in fooling away his 

 horse, for a mere trifle. 



And now, if you would succeed in developing and training 

 a horf^e for family use, observe the following rules: Train 

 your animal yourself. Train him on your own premises, and 

 on the roads you will most frequent. Train him in connection 

 and association with the members of your family. Let him 

 become acquainted with their looks, the sound of their voices, 

 and familiar with the objects that will daily greet his eyes, and 

 have a system of movements and adhere to it ; and above all, 

 have patience with your horse and yourself. And if you want 



