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cowardice that drives him to desperate 

 resistance against the sway of his 

 master; the effort that is successful 

 in ridding him of his tyrant suggests 

 his favourite vice. 



I do not, in these remarks, have 

 reference to those tricks that a horse 

 acquires through the inexperience or 

 the timidity of a rider, for, Hke all 

 cowards, the horse loves to play the 

 bully. As he will seldom take the 

 liberty of practising these upon a reso- 

 lute man, it is not necessary to point 

 out to his victims what course ta 

 pursue. 



If the horse is taught to calm his 

 fears at the sound of the voice of man 



if he is never ill-treated, in or out of 



the stable— if he does not perceive 



