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are of a stubborn or mulish disposition — if he lays 

 back his ears as you approach him, or turns his heels 

 to kick you — he has not the regard or fear of man 

 that he should have, to enable you to handle him 

 quickly and easily. In such cases, give him a few 

 sharp cuts with the whip about the legs, pretty close 

 to the body. It will crack keen, as it plies around 

 his legs, and the crack of the whip will effect him as 

 much as the stroke. Beside, one sharp cut about 

 the legs will effect them more than two or three over 

 the back, the skin or inner part of the legs, or about 

 the flank, being thinner and more tender than on his 

 back. But I do not whip him much — just enough 

 to scare him. It is not because I want to hurt the 

 horse that I whip him, I only do it to scare the bad 

 disposition out of him. But" whatever you do, do 

 quickly, sharply, and with a good deal of force, but 

 always without anger. If you are going to scare him 

 at all, you must do it at once; never go into a 

 pitched battle with your horse, and whip him until 

 he is mad, and will fight you. You had better not 

 touch him at all ; for you will establish, instead of 

 fear and regard, a feeling of resentment, hatred, and 

 ill-will. It will do him no good, but an injury, to 

 strike a blow, unless you can scare him ; but if you 

 succeed in scaring him, you can whip him without 

 making him mad, for fear and anger never exist to- 

 gether in the horse ; and as soon as one is visible, 

 you will find that the other has disappeared. As 

 soon as you have frightened him so that he will 



