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horse, you may be assured that your horse is a great 

 deal more afraid of you. 



2. If } r ou can only make clear to him what you wish 

 him to do, he will try his best to do it, and will feel 

 amply repaid for his efforts by a few kind words and 

 caresses. 



3. His narrow brain can entertain only one idea at 

 once, and therefore only one problem, and that a simple 

 one, must be given him at a time. 



■i. Once the problem is mastered, a very little practice 

 makes the performance of the task instinctive, so that it 

 will be performed at the proper signal, even against his 

 own will, provided his mind is occupied with something 

 else. 



This course of lessons is prepared with these facts in 

 view. 



" But is horse-breaking a fitting amusement for young 

 ladies?" a mother asks, and with an air indicating that 

 to her, at least, a reply seems quite unnecessary. My 

 dear madam, it is not horse-breaking we are talking 

 of, but horse-training, which is a very different thing. 

 There are, doubtless, many women who could break a 

 colt if they chose, but it is an undertaking which we 

 certainly do not recommend. In the " breaking to har- 

 ness" of an untamed horse there is naturally included 

 more or less of training, but the essential lesson to be 

 taught is that it is useless to resist the will of man, for 

 sooner or later the horse will test the question, and put 



