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indications. It serves no good purpose 

 to irritate a horse, as lie will never yield 

 while angry. A contest between horse 

 and rider should always be avoided, for, 

 in addition to the chances that the former 

 will prove the victor, a high-spirited 

 animal may be made incurably vicious, 

 when by milder treatment he could be 

 subdued without endangering his useful- 

 ness. A rebuke in a harsh tone of voice 

 will generally suffice to correct a horse, 

 and he will not know how to resent it. 

 The best way to control the horse is 

 throuG^h firmness and kindness, but 

 timidity is worse than severity in in- 

 ducing vice. 



The young horse soon becomes tract- 

 able, and as long as his temper is un- 

 ruffled he desires to do that which is 



