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of times, disproved by the saddling or mounting 

 having been accomplished without the infliction 

 of any pain to the horse, however great the 

 trouble may have been to the groom or rider. 

 In the case I have mentioned, the fault lay with 

 the person who had charge of the animal, and 

 who ought to have, then and there, mastered 

 him the very first time he shewed resistance to 

 a legitimate order. Whether the continued failure 

 to resist discipline was caused by the infliction of 

 cruelty, or by the exhibition of incompetence on 

 the part of the man, matters little as regards 

 their detrimental result on the animal, except, 

 that unsuccessful punishment always aggravates 

 a vice to a deplorable extent. I am inclined 

 to think that really nervous horses are not as 

 naturally " game " as their more placid fellows ; 

 while I am thoroughly convinced, that the majority 

 of the pseudo nervous sort are sulky, treacherous 

 brutes. I am, however, ready to admit that there 

 are many exceptions to the rule I have ventured 



