HOW THE HORSE LEARNS ITf) 



high action) and to teach him to knock at the 

 door. 



In order to teach him to knock at the door 

 he is placed close to the door at such a distance 

 that in making the pawing movement he toxiche,s 

 the door and produces the noise of rapping. On 

 making this pawing movement and on the ahove 

 noise being heard he is cai-essed, and immediately 

 understands rapping at the door. 



Erom touching and striking the fore-legs be- 

 hind the knee in order that he may raise them, 

 we may proceed to make him raise them on a sig- 

 nal being given by pointing the whip towards 

 them. The whip is very markedly pointed towards 

 the back of the knee and iield pointed for one 

 moment and the voice signal for advancing being 

 given the back of the knee is struck rather hard 

 if he does not raise the leg. A few repetitions of 

 this teach him to raise the fore-leg mi the mere 

 pointing of the whip to« ards the leg without wait- 

 ing for it to be struck. 



From making him raise the left fore leg on a 

 signal by the whip pointed towards the leg we may 



