The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



little risk of his misunderstanding the weight 

 as being meant as an indication to him to stop. 

 For this reason, it is well for you to carry a 

 gig Avhip, so that you can touch him on the 

 quarters when you give him the word to " Pull." 



Give him another day of this, until he 

 thoroughly understands pulling at the word, 

 both on the straight and in turning. The 

 next thing is to introduce him to the vehicle, 

 to which you intend to harness him. There is 

 nothing better than an American four-wheel 

 buggy, with a full lock so that you can turn 

 round in the width of an ordinary road. For 

 Hghtness of draft, up hill and down, smooth 

 running, absence of repairs, and ease for your 

 horse, a well-built, rubber-tyred, full lock four- 

 wheel buggy, made by a good American builder 

 cannot be surpassed. Bring it out into the 

 yard, when Disciple is standing outside. Take 

 him up to it slowly and let him look at it, and 

 smell it all he wants to. Take him all round 

 it and talk to him. Lift up the shafts and 

 drop them. Lift up the buggy with one hand, 

 and turn the wheels round ; slowly at first then 

 quickly. Shake the buggy until it rattles, and 

 move it forwards and backwards. He will be 

 quite inteUigent about it, and will understand 

 that this is just one more of your games in 

 which you wish him to participate. 



After he has seen everj^hing there is to see 

 and is quite familiarised with the buggy in all 



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