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the chin, and by the whip taps upon the 

 rump. He will then walk the horse, thus 

 collected, about the training-ground, and 

 as the horse is about to raise each fore-leg, 

 he will give it a tap with a stiff whip on 

 the under part of the fore-arm, checking 

 the advance at each step with the hand. 

 In a short time the horse will raise and 

 extend the fore-arm at the tap of the whip, 

 making the exaggerated action of the 

 Spanish march. 



A rider will now mount the horse, and 

 the power of the whip will be transferred 

 to the spur, in the following manner : — 

 As the trainer, walking by the side of the 

 horse, applies the whip, the rider will 

 press in the opposite spur and meet the 

 impulse of the spur with a tension of the 

 rein of the same side, to mxake the mo- 



