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the abstract, this fidelity to one, in the horse, it is 

 very apt to detract from the animal's usefulness 

 under civilised conditions, especially, if the owner be 

 not regarded as the confidential friend in question. 

 When the groom is the object of this exclusive form 

 of affection, it is generally advisable to have him 

 changed for a new man. If a horse has to be 

 rendered serviceable for general, as well as parti- 

 cular use, the breaker should refrain from accom- 

 plishing his ends by the exercise of his own personal 

 influence, and hence, should get him to obey by rein 

 and leg, rather than by voice and petting. 



Advisability of possessing various methods of 

 breaking. — As the removal of the cause is the only 

 proper plan for the treatment of either disease, or 

 vice, and as these causes differ, the breaker, to be 

 successful, should be provided with various methods 

 for enforcing his commands. Hence, we may rest 

 assured that the horse-tamer who advertises his one 

 particular method, as a certain cure for all forms of 



