The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



until you get home. Enter your drive at a 

 walking pace and so continue to the stables. 

 Make a great fuss of him on arrival ; unharness 

 him ; take him round the buggy, which he 

 will look at and smell with renewed interest, 

 and j^ourself take him into his stable and 

 unharness him. 



The next day start in the same way, but 

 after a couple of hundred yards fix the traces 

 and breeching and walk and trot Disciple with 

 your men at the shafts. After a couple of 

 miles, let one man get up into the back seat, 

 and walk and trot as before. After another 

 mile, let the second man get up and all will be 

 right. At the end, and before you turn round 

 to come home, let both men get down to their 

 places at the shafts. Then turn round quite 

 slowly and stop for the men to get up. On 

 his homeward way Disciple will go like an old 

 customer and you can let him trot a little 

 faster. On your way home turn him round 

 two or three times, and for these turns let the 

 men get down and take up their previous 

 positions, but a pace or two away from the 

 shafts. They are there only to be handy in 

 case of need, but they will not be needed. 



Tlius, in a week from the commencement of 

 operations, you will have broken Disciple to 

 harness without the least trouble to him, or 

 to yourself. It has been done by a progression 

 of very Httle steps, in each one of which you 



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