The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



see where that perfectly beautiful man has 

 gone. 



It is enough to know the scheme and princi- 

 ples of this first handling. It can be varied, 

 in respect of its details, to suit the peculiarities 

 of every kind of horse. It is applicable to 

 every horse of every age — stalhons, geldings, 

 mares, foals and fillies. The younger they 

 are, the more quickly they respond to its 

 influence. Its great merit is that the animal 

 is at full liberty, and under no kind of con- 

 straint. 



The horse responds because he wants to 

 respond. There is no coercion. The most 

 savage stallion, brutalised and terrorised by 

 the most ignorant of grooms, whose onl}'' 

 method of handhng him has been \vith a 

 pitchfork, will respond to it in time, as soon as 

 he learns that you are of a different order to 

 the cruel beast who has had charge of him. 

 Confidence comes first, and affection follows. 



Of all the animals on earth none has been 

 created of such nobility of character, not even 

 man, for there is nothing mean about the 

 horse — and there are many mean men. Watch 

 the poorest of half-starved beasts in the London 

 streets, ribs showing through scars ; look at the 

 expression of his eyes and the curves of his 

 mouth as he struggles with a load infinitely 



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