The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



right over on his side, in a state of entire ex- 

 haustion and collapse, and covered with foam. 

 He will shut his eyes and lie motionless, like a 

 dead thing. 



The fight may last from half an hour to an 

 hour, according to the condition and dis- 

 position of the horse. The more the horse 

 fights and wearies himself, the quicker it will 

 be over ; and the more good it will do to him, 

 for the effect will be the more decisive. Nearly 

 all horses fight well, and sometimes you will 

 get a magnificent display from a hero who 

 won't give in. Somewhat rarely, you will 

 come across an equine Conscientious Objector 

 who will show very little fight, and will be 

 content to hop about on three legs for quite a 

 long time, and even occupy himself in looking 

 out for wisps of hay, but they all do He down 

 sooner or later and become amenable to the 

 treatment now to be described. No instances 

 are known of horses injuring themselves in this 

 form of subjugation. The horse is not fright- 

 ened at any time from start to finish, for he is 

 free to do what he likes. It is not at all the 

 same thing as throwing a horse forcibly, with 

 half a dozen men struggling with ropes and 

 shouting around him, to his mortal terror. 

 In the system set out in these notes, brutality 

 and terrorising is ruled out of court — 

 absolutely. It is not only morally wrong to 

 terrorise an animal so highly organised as the 



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