Besides, the horse ought to be so intently occupied with his rider, during the entire course of a lesson, that he should think of nothing else ; and the rider should mentally act in a similar manner towards the horse.

The man, so to speak, ought to take entire possession of the animal, and should make him so attentive to his orders that the horse should not think of anything except what he is asked to do. As regards myself, I take such possession of the horse I ride, that the only idea I leave in his head is : " What is he going to ask me to do ? "

Certain authors say : " It requires so much time to do this, so much to do that, at the end of so many lessons we will be able to obtain this thing or that thing," etc. This is entirely wrong. One never knows how much time will be required to succeed in making a horse do any particular work.

Some horses learn very quickly what others acquire with great difficulty. On the other hand, the former are often very unruly when an attempt is made to teach them a movement which the latter will learn at once. In breaking, we should therefore pay great attention to the peculiarities of each horse, and should not be discouraged if we do not obtain a result in the time laid down in a book.

Thus, I have had horses which learned the Spanish walk in a week, and others which required three months with the same method of instruction.

master, he has only to "show fight." The rider ought, nevertheless, to keep cool, and never lose his temper, or at least, not to give way to anger, beyond allowing it to stimulate his energy, and to make him forget the dangers of the struggle.

By such faults, the breaking of a horse, instead of being finished, becomes perverted. The slightest fault which is tolerated on one day, becomes aggravated on the morrow, and is converted into a vice which cannot be cured later on, except by the most severe battles. A broken horse is not a machine which requires only to be wound up, but is a living creature who continually tries to escape from the "aids" of his rider, and who requires to be constantly kept in the discipline of work,