158 HOW THE HORSE! LEARNS 



drawn and again a signal is made in the direction 

 of the left leg and the back of the knee is sharp- 

 ly struck with the whip held in the right hand 

 while the voice sound for going is given simultar 

 neously. The whip is then immediately hidden 

 along our right leg. 



After he has been made to repeat the raising 

 of the fore-leg in this way several times the horse 

 learns to raise it at the signal with the left arm 

 and hand stretched out towards the leg, without 

 waiting until the leg is struck with the whip. Im- 

 mediately after he has raised his leg he must each 

 time be caressed on the neck and eyes and given 

 the conciliatory voice sound, in order to show 

 approval of the action performed and tell him 

 that it was the action desired. In order to teach 

 him to raise the right fore-leg we place ourselveg 

 opposite the right shoulder, make a sign with the 

 right arm and strike him with the whip held in 

 the left hand hidden along the left leg. 



If we associate a word, (which for him is a 

 sound) to the sign to which we have taught him to 

 execu^te an action, the horse will learn to execute 



