. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Book Vll. TRAINING OF HOUSES. 10()1 recommended that he be taken to some ploughed land, where he is to be walked and trot
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Book Vll. TRAINING OF HOUSES. 10()1 recommended that he be taken to some ploughed land, where he is to be walked and trotteti until he be slifjhtly fatigued. If the colt he very high spirited or refractory, or if he be not inclined to lift up his legs suliicicntly, it may be admissible to practise him on some very light-ploughed lands ; but if otherwise, it is better to dispense with this, and a field and a road alternately used w ill, in general cases, be found prefer- able. It would be well that this preliminary practice should be performed in a cavcsson to ensure obedi- ence. When he is perfectly tractable during his exercise, let a person used to him lay himself gently and by degrees across his back ; and if he seem not to be alarmed, let him proceed at a foot-pace with his burden. When this occasions no alarm, let one leg gradually be slid over his back, the person at his head engaging his attention during the time, and encouraging him. The rider may then gradually raise himself up. The next step will be to mount him at once in the usual way, still having a judicious attendant at his head : this must likewise by no means be done suddenly, or at a jerk, but very gradually and slowly, by several risings and heavings. If he bear this patiently, the person is to seat himself firmly on his back ; but if he be troublesome and not tame enough, the person is to forbear the attempt to mount, and he is to be trotted in the hand over the same ploughed lands or other ground again, till he is more fatig
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