'20 THE MI>"D OF THE HORSE 



reared in our climate are not adapted for the purpo- 

 se of ridini>- as in general tliev cannot be mastered. 



or? »' 



Arabian entires may be mastered and mounted but 

 under certain circumstances they may give trouble. 

 It is not true that the horse instinctiyely feels 

 the superiority of man. The wild horse, Avhich does 

 not feel any such superiority, proves this. Tlie 

 horse reared domestically feels the superiority of 

 man because he sees it from his birth, but man 

 scxm loses this superiority if he does iu)t know 

 how to handle him in the right A\ay to maintain 

 it. It may on the other hand be said that the 



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wild horse has instinctive fear of man (knowing 

 instinctively that he is an evil creature) is averse 

 from allowinu' himself to be caught and seeks to 

 escape from man. 



Ideas and feelinf/s — Their orifiin 



Ideas and feelinf/s 



Which we maij call forth in the horse. 



The horse is intelligent, but only within a very 

 limited range of ideas, Avhich ahvays relate to his 



