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positions of horses, upon the purest convic- 

 tion that the treatment really necessary for 

 a horse of very high courage and almost in- 

 vincible spirit, cannot be consistent or proper 

 for one of extreme timidity ; that one horse 

 may be subdued from any predominant vice, 

 or regulated to any particular action, by a 

 moderate exertion of power, while another 

 will submit only to a constant display of the 

 greatest tenderness and familiarity. These 

 extremes frequently exist in horses of a similar 

 class, value, speed, and qualifications; equally 

 liable to injurious impressions, from being 

 managed in a way directly opposite to the 

 very nature of their dispositions. 



A due degree of patient discrimination 

 should be always exerted, to discover the 

 temper of the subject, and ascertain the line 

 of distinction; what may be expected from 

 a steady firmness and persuasive mildness, 

 previous to the too ready exertion of vio- 

 lence, in general very eagerly conceived and 

 maliciously executed. Horses are perfectly 

 conscious of the different treatment they 

 receive, and give the most striking proofs of 

 theix attachuaeut or dislike in consequence : 



