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padded saddle such as is commonly used in 

 circuses and he maintains his position simply 

 by balancing himself, nothing else. 



At the end of the performance Wilmer pats 

 his horse's neck with his flipper, in much 

 the same way in which the other horseback 

 riders do with their hands, and of course after 

 his performance is over— with an odd bit or 

 two in between — he gets his reward of fish. 

 For with seals and sea lions, this is the main 

 thing — no work, no fish, just as when teaching 

 a dog a trick, it is no trick, no sugar. 



