THE IMIND or THE HORSE 39 



sibilitv of keei)iiig him quiet by the conciliating' 

 voice when hokling him on foot with the bridle or 

 cavesson means that he did not trnst the man who 

 first had charge of him, that that man ill-treated 

 him, or else that he has an excessively nervous 

 or excitable nature or experiences great fear. 



When the horse appears intent in thought it 

 means that he is meditating making reactions or 

 that he has some disease. If he shows pleasure from 

 Ijeing caressed it means that he is not ill-disposed 

 and if he does not show pleasure from it, it signi- 

 fies that he is in opjiosition and must not be tru- 

 sted or that he is not accustomed to being caressed 

 and does not care about it. 



His attention is directed to only 

 one thing at a time. 



There are some horses who are not attentive, 

 but most of them observe all tliat is going on around 

 them. I remember a horse who gave signs of obser- 

 ving the change of j>lace of a wren in a hedge. 



Usually the horse is attentive to one thing at 

 a time. This gives us a means of conquering him 



