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time he will most likely walk off of his own 

 accord, and if on the longing gromid will pro- 

 bably walk or jig-jog round the circular track 

 through sheer custom, or he may take a path 

 of his own, but whether he chooses the circular 

 path or one of his own, do not check him, but 

 allow him to go w4iere he likes for a time, of 

 course gradually sheering him off with the 

 reins until he goes where you like. Do not 

 pull at him, let him have all the reins you can, 

 your only control being gradual guidance from 

 side to side. Never mind his taking large 

 corners, you are not mouthing him as yet, but 

 getting him used to carry you, and by degrees 

 cajoling him into going where you require him. 

 You must not force him, or there will be an 

 open fight, which is to be avoided for the first 

 few days after first mounting, but little by 

 little cause him to go in your direction, but so 

 imperceptibly as to make him believe it is of 

 his own free will he is going there. 



It has been my theory from the commence- 

 ment of this little treatise so to work as to 



