10 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING, 



been often remarked to me by good judges — and 

 it is' my own experience — that teaching horses a 

 lot of tricks, the acquisition of which demands 

 some strain on their reasoning powers, and petting 

 them, are very apt to cause them to become 

 crafty and difficuh to manage. In acting as I 

 have advised, we follow the practice of judicious 

 parents who educate their sons according to the 

 lads' respective talents. Thus, for instance, a boy 

 with an extremely retentive memory, but small 

 capacity for reasoning out problems, would have 

 a fair chance of shining as a linguist ; although 

 he would, certainly, prove a failure as a mathe- 

 matician. 



The feeling of self-preservation is so strongly 

 implanted in the mind of every animal, and the 

 retentiveness of the horse's memory is so great, 

 that, if once the idea of his being our physical 

 superior gets into his head, he will, naturally, be 

 inclined to resist our commands. Hence, it is a 

 maxim among all good breakers, that, if possible, 



