234 EDUCATING THE HORSE. 



for the following reason : the horse has from 

 time to time been guilty of pulling on his halter 

 and breaking it, much to the displeasure of the 

 owner, but probably much to the gratification of 

 the horse, who, perhaps, has come to take a sort 

 of pleasure in the act ; now he is made to repeat 

 the same thing, unconscious of the result that 

 will follow, when immediately on carrying out 

 his old habit he receives a severe punishment in- 

 flicted by the very act. The horse is, no doubt, 

 surprised, but he quickly learns to connect the 

 act and the suffering in his mind, and so soon as 

 he does that the habit is cured forever. This I 

 claim as a great excellence in my system, that 

 its results are all permanent ; the cure is not for 

 a day only, but for all time ; the very disposition 

 to do wrong is wiped out of the animal's brain. 



