24 THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



ver lie sees the object wliicli arouses in him the 

 idea and tlie feeling of fear until this idea has 

 been removed by preventing him from swerving. 



If he has been prevented from carrying out any 

 movement of his own accord, or from going info 

 the stable when he desired, he conceives the idea 

 of it being possible to prevent him, of his not 

 being able to do it, and therefore of obedience, 

 and he remembers it. 



We should treat the horse in such a way and 

 place him in such a position as to arouse in him 

 ideas of advantage to us and particularly the idea 

 of his not being able to do as he desires and there- 

 fore of obedience, and we must not allow of his 

 being in a position to carry out his own impulses 

 and acquire the idea of superiority over us. This 

 is a rule which should never be departed from in 

 training horses and which should always be o])ser- 

 ved in our relations with all horses. Many horses 

 merely from seeing that they have once been able 

 to have their own way become intractable and are 

 no longer amenable to control. 



