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the driver completely Ignores the object of dread, the 

 horse, if an Intelligent one, will reason that he, too, 

 need have no fear. 



Horses are wonderful mind readers. A timid driver 

 makes a timid horse; and it is frequently remarked by 

 dealers in the city, how astonishingly clever horses are 

 In detecting the driver's motive when he turns down 

 one street or up another in order to avoid some par- 

 ticular object, such as a steam roller. It is almost as 

 bad to make the opposite mistake, that of " looking 

 for trouble," and of keeping a green horse going up 

 and down a street In which there are electric cars or 

 other terrible things. This works well sometimes, but 

 more often the horse becomes wrought up, and 

 the association of fear with the object In question 

 is so intensified In his mind that he never fully gets 

 rid of It. 



DRIVING DRAFT HORSES 



Most of the foregoing remarks apply to the driving 

 of work-horses as well as roadsters. Left to himself, 

 a draft horse will get Into a lazy, haphazard way of 

 traveling, and will usually wander over the road, now 

 on one side, now on the other. The good driver will 

 keep his horse or team In a straight line, and will let 

 them know, but In the most delicate manner, that he Is 

 there behind them. Especially In starting a load, 

 should work-horses be well driven. The driver should 

 take a firm hold of the bit, and the horse should be 

 taught to begin slowly, to arch his neck, to keep his 

 legs well under him, and to step on his toes. A loose 



