ib SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



the moving horse, made him raise each 

 fore-leg in turn, the groom caught it in 

 his hands and bore it up for a moment, 

 and then dropped it to treat the other 

 fore-leg in the same way. Even 

 with the horse in a trot have I seen 

 that groom dodging away from the 

 excited animal, but seizing and lifting 

 the fore -legs as they were thrust for- 

 ward. The result of this work was 

 the most elevated action that I have 

 ever seen, and the long pause between 

 each step in the horse so trained was 

 very effective. The power of the whip 

 was transferred to the spurs by the 

 usual method. I hope that my old in- 

 structor will not consider me indiscreet 

 in explaining how he produced the 

 wonderful action that was the envy 



