HASTEN SLOWLY. n 



a horse should never be allowed to know his own 

 power. As a corollary to this, I may state that 

 if we have a dispute as to discipline with a horse, we 

 should not part company before making him yield ; 

 lest he may carry away the mischievous impression 

 that he has got the best of the battle. The breaker 

 need not attempt too much in any one lesson ; 

 but what he undertakes he should succeed in 

 performing before quitting his pupil. For instance, 

 with a horse that will not allow his hind legs to 

 be touched, the breaker may reasonably content 

 himself with making him quiet to handle about 

 these parts, without insisting on his standing 

 submissively to be shod behind an operation 

 that may be attempted on the following day. 

 We should also make use of our knowledge of 

 the limited scope of a horse's reasoning powers, 

 to change the subject of contention, if we fear that 

 there is any chance of our being worsted in a 

 pitched battle with the animal ; so that the victory 

 even if it does not affect the original cause of 



