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need of using harsh measures, as though you 

 were forcing him to work; he should rather 

 be coaxed on, as when you wish him to rest. 

 He will then go forward most cheerfully to 

 his swift paces. A proof that the horse 

 enjoys fast running is that when he has got 

 loose he never moves at a walk, but runs. It 

 is his nature to enjoy it, unless he is obliged 

 to run an excessive distance. Neither horse 

 nor man likes anything in the world that is 

 excessive. 



When it comes to his riding in a proud 

 and stately style, — in the first part of his 

 training we accustomed him, you remember, 

 to dash forward at full speed after making 

 the turns. Well, after he has learned this, if 

 you support him by the bit and at the same 

 moment give him one of the signs to dash 

 forward, the bit holds him in and the signal 

 to advance rouses him up. He will then 

 throw out his chest and raise his legs rather 

 high, and furiously though not flexibly ; for 

 horses do not use their legs very flexibly 

 when they are being hurt. Now if, when his 

 fire is thus kindled, you let him have the bit, 

 the slackness of it makes him think that he is 



