84 HOW TO JUDGE A HOBSE. 



conclusions, making it entirely unfit for the service 

 of man. 



Second Principle : The horse has no perception of 

 its own strength, therefore it is submissive without 

 opposition to our will, as can be seen daily. 



Third Principle : As the horse, according to its 

 nature, examines everything new to him, it will per- 

 mit to be placed, before, over, or on it, any object 

 ever so frightful, without creating any fear, provided 

 it causes him no pain. 



A white stone, the stem of a tree on the road-side, 

 looks strange and suspicious, and he refuses to pass 

 by. If we guide him up to the object, permitting 

 him to stop a minute and examine the same with 

 his nose, the terror will pass away and he will 

 become reconciled. Examples are military horses, 

 which are not afraid of the noise of arms, drum, 

 music, or even firing. 



The above mentioned principles, based on a nat- 

 ural perception of the individuality of the horse, 

 may look insufficient and inappropriate only to 

 those who shut their eyes to nature which governs 

 the instinct of animals. Such persons strive in vain 

 to reach by circuitous ways, what they could accom- 

 plish by careful observation of the peculiarities 

 of all creatures and by taking advantage of their 

 weaknesses. Wherein consists the superiority of 



