202 EDUCATING THE HORSE. 



to a multitude of small affairs, each one seeming 

 to be of little importance in itself, but which, in 

 their total, make the difference between a gentle 

 and an unruly animal. 



Too much care and attention cannot be 

 bestowed on the colt while you are giving him 

 lesson after lesson, as he is susceptible of im- 

 pressions that will take weeks to overcome, 

 provided you should through neglect or careless- 

 ness omit to practice the instructions laid down. 

 Do not suppose that any of the directions 

 given in this book are unimportant. They are, 

 one and all, the result of long experience in the 

 management and education of the horse, and 

 each one, in its place and relation to the general 

 system, is as necessary, though perhaps not as 

 important, as any other. To be certain of reach- 

 ing the best results of the system, the reader 

 must not pass over any of our directions as un- 

 important or unnecessary, but accept each as a 

 part of the system which it has required years 

 of time and thought to bring to its present state 

 of perfection. 



