2 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



instruction in the advantageous application of his 

 powers, as well as methods for rendering him 

 docile. 



Causes of faidts which can be remedied by 

 breaking are : — i. Nervousness ; or the unnecessary 

 fear of the presence or handling of man, or of the 

 effect of any of the horse's other surroundings, 

 which, however startling they might be to him 

 in a wild state, he can find by experience will 

 not hurt him. 



2. Impatience of control, which frequently co- 

 exists with nervousness, in the same animal. 



3. Ignorance of the meaning of the indications 

 used by man to convey his wishes to the horse. 



4. Deliberate disobedience. There is no doubt 

 that sulkiness of temper is, often, inherited. 



5. Active hostility, which, as far as my experi- 

 ence goes, is, always, the result of bad treatment, 

 whether brought on by cruelty, or by allowing a 

 naturally fractious animal to get the upper hand. 



