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measure of the violence with which he 

 will repeat it. It is this violence that 

 makes the horse so dangerous in his 

 rebellion, for until he loses his reason he 

 will take care not to injure himself, and 

 so in a measure protects his rider. Few 

 young horses are dangerous in their 

 resistances until they have met with 

 cruel treatment. It is seldom that a colt 

 in breaking will bolt with his rider ; it is 

 usually the old offender who is guilty of 

 this most dano^erous of vices. Althouo;h 

 nearly every young horse will rear at the 

 pressure of the bit, he will seldom rise to 

 a dangerous height, and he soon ceases 

 to offend in that way. A horse must be 

 corrected and put right, but it is never 

 necessary to resort to severe punishments. 

 Fortunately the horse is an animal of one 



