INTRODUCTION. XI 



suffice to correct a horse, and lie will 

 not know how to resent it. The best 

 way to control the horse is through 

 firmness and kindness, hut timidity is 

 worse than severity in inducing vice. 



The young horse soon becomes tract- 

 able, and as long as his temper is un- 

 ruffled he desires to do that which is 

 required of him. Until the spirit of 

 rebellion is awakened, he is as anxious 

 to avoid the perils of battle as his 

 master should be. If upon an occasion 

 he declines to perform some movement, 

 that is required of him, let his atten- 

 tion be turned to that which will 

 please him, and his obedience in this 

 vnll induce his obedience afterwards tO' 

 the first demand. To give up to him 

 after a battle will confirm his obstinacy, 



