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not successfully tried, and found to be valuable. 

 There is, to a certain extent, a moral responsibility 

 resting upon authors of works of this nature, which 

 is embarrassing in a high degree. The rules which 

 he sets forth are sometimes deviated from without 

 the knowledge of the operator himself, either from 

 his not clearly understanding the meaning, or from 

 his having too carelessly listened to the instructions 

 received, or perhaps too loosely scanned the printed, 

 and the desired result is not reached. In a measure, 

 this leads to a distrust of the system. Occasionally 

 circumstances may arise in the handling of the horse, 

 which no foresight could have provided against, and 

 if the operator does not find in the instructions given, 

 a remedy for his difficulty, he lays it aside in disgust. 

 Nevertheless I submit this work, confident of being 

 able to be of great public service. In the forepart 

 of this volame, I shall almost exclusively treat upon 

 the education of the colt, and the treatment of his 

 habits, after which I shall speak of a subject which, 

 in almost all its aspects, needs to be treated from 

 quite a different stand-point The colt is impelled 

 to his awkwardness and bad habits by natural im- 

 pulses of timidity and consequent fear ; while the 

 mature horse is actuated more by a strong self-will, 

 his habits being formed through mismanagement of 

 his first instruction. Therefore, the rules which 

 apply to the education and treatment of colts, are 

 not, in all instances, the rules necessary to be observed 

 in the education and treatment of the Horse. Such 



