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him step close up to you, and then caress him with 

 your hand. He will soon learn to hurry up to es- 

 cape the whip, and be caressed, and you can make 

 him follow you around without taking hold of the 

 halter. If he should stop and turn from you, give 

 him a few sharp cuts about the hind legs, and he 

 will soon turn his head towards you, when you must 

 always caress him. A few lessons of this kind will 

 make him run after you, when he sees the motion of 

 the whij) — in twenty or thirty minutes he will follow 

 you around the stable. After you have given him 

 two or three lessons in the. stable, take him in a small 

 lot and train him ; and from thence you can take 

 him into the road, and make him follow you any- 

 where, and run after you. 



'JO MAKF, A HORSE STAMl WITHOIT HOI.niXG. 



After you have well broken him to follow you, 

 stand him in the center of the stable — begin at the 

 head to caress him, and gradually work backwards. 

 If he moves, gives him a cut with the whip, and put 

 him back to the same spot from where he started. 

 If he stands, caress him as before, and continue 

 gentling him in this way until you can get around 

 him without making him move. Keep walking 

 round him, increasing your pace, and only touch 

 him occasionally. Enlarge your circle as you walk 

 around, and if he then moves, give him another cut 

 with the whip, and put him back to his place. If 

 he stands, go to him frequently and caress him, and 

 then "walk round him again. Do not keep him hi 



