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next day you may teach tlie colt to lead straight. 

 Take him on to the longeing ground and run 

 him round a few tunes until he has got rid of 

 his exuberant spirits, then do as before and 

 lead him round in circles, changing the direction 

 of the circles from time to time, by degrees 

 enlargino^ them : then, instead of leading him 



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round an entire circle, make semicircles, that is 

 to say, a half circle one way and then a half 

 circle in the opposite dkection, and so on, so 

 that the centres of these semicircles will be in a 

 straight hue. Thus by degrees you can diminish 

 the short diameters of these semicircles, at the 

 same time increasing their loiig diameters in 

 length, so as to form semi-ovals, and by con- 

 tinuing to lengthen them you will in time have 

 imperceptibly gained a straight line, ^^lien you 

 have to turn him do so in a sweeping curve, 

 and gradually get him into the straight line 

 again. Keep liim at this some time, for this 

 walking exercise will not tire him, and he will 

 get used to you and to his work. Li the after- 

 noon you can repeat the lesson, and also on the 



