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tightly as to cause the corners of the mouth to be- 

 come sore, as is so often clone. Theu^ sensitiveness, 

 upon which the future " mouth " so much depends, 

 is impaired if they have been cut and raw at this 

 stage of breaking. Having got thus far, be con- 

 tent to lead the horse about (by a rope attached 

 to the back dee of the head-stall, and not attached 

 to the bit or side dees) for some days, taking him 

 into traffic, introducing him to persons and motor 

 cars, and otherwise endeavoring to accustom him 

 to the many things he will have to be intimately 

 acquainted with before his education is complete. 

 Lead alternately from the off as well as the near 

 side, as, if every operation is performed from the 

 near side, it will be found one day, when urgent 

 necessity compels an off-side approach, that the 

 horse resents that to which he has not been ac- 

 customed. Also, it may be hardly necessary to 

 mention, when leading from the near side, keep to 

 the right side of the road when passing vehicles, 

 and vice versa^ as only thus can a horse be con- 

 trolled and prevented from suddenly turning his 

 quarters across the roadway. 



Teaching to Guide 

 Difficult horses, or ones which are to be very 



