Chapter III 



" GEE-OLOGY," OR PHRENOLOGY IN HORSES 



BEFORE I give in detail my methods of handling vicious 

 and bad-mannered horses, a lesson in the phrenology of the 

 horse will assist you to judge the animal with which you 

 are about to deal. 



A good head does not always denote a sensible, docile 

 nature, for, if the horse's early training was not properly 

 carried out, then the horse may have acquired bad 

 habits, or even have developed vices. In some instances 

 we can reasonably compare this type of horse with a 

 man of bad habits. Take some unfortunate individual 

 who has been badly reared and not properly trained, who 

 has been tempted and caught doing the wrong thing and 

 thrown into gaol. This man may have quite a good- 

 shaped head and open countenance, but the environ- 

 ment was wrong ; oft-times a man of this calibre has 

 been reformed when kindly treated and shown the error 

 of his ways. But the hardened criminal with the criminal 

 head and features is difficult to convert. The same thing 



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