1 8 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



by which he can thwart the wishes of his 

 would-be master, craftily adheres to it, with a 

 fair show of reason on his side. I may mention 

 that the assertion made by many "horse-tamers," 

 that they can cure any horse of any kind of 

 vice, is manifestly absurd. 



Of all forms of vice, those caused by stub- 

 bornness are the most difficult to eradicate ; for 

 the animal which sets its will in deliberate 

 opposition to ours, fights us with the weapons 

 those of reason by which, alone, we are, usually, 

 superior to it. A horse that objects, from 

 nervousness, or from mere impatience of control, 

 to have its hind quarters handled, will quickly 

 submit ; as will, also, in the vast majority of 

 cases, a "refuser," or jibber in saddle; if they be 

 broken in the manner which will be explained 

 further on. A jibber in draught, however, is apt 

 to find out, that although the breaker is all- 

 powerful, when it has no harness on ; the 

 advantage is all the other way, as soon as it 



