HORSE TAMINa, &c 



The Horse is so constituted by nature that lio 

 will not offer resistance to anj demand made of Mm 

 which he fully comprehends. He has no conscious- 

 ness of his strength beyond his own experience, and 

 can be handled by man without force, after a little 

 study of his habits and disposition. Being deficient 

 in reasoning powers, he has no knoM^ledge of right 

 or wrong, of free will and independent government, 

 and knows not of any imposition practiced upon him, 

 however unreasonable it may be. Consequently, he 

 cannot easily decide what he should or should not 

 do. But being naturally of willing and gentle dis- 

 position, it remains for man to instruct him in a man- 

 ner suited to his nature. 



The horse is a timid animal ; but easily becomes 

 familiar with objects and sounds that are at first dis- 

 agreeable or frightful. Yv^e must therefore accustom 

 him to such as he will be apt to meet with in his 

 daily service. To do this effectually, he should be 

 allowed to examine closely and leisurely such objects 

 as would inspire terror, and to smell them and touch 

 them. A log or stump by the road-side may be, in 

 the imagination of the horse, some great beast about 

 to pounce upon him ; but after you take him up to 

 it, and let him stand by it a little while, and touch it 

 with his nose, and go through his process of exami- 

 nation, he will not care anything more about it. 

 And the same principle and process will have the 



