40 THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



by employinG; vavions aids and puiiisliiiicnts siirail- 

 taiieoHsly. To defend oneself aii:ainst a do2' and 

 prevent attack we need one stick to keep liim occn- 

 pied and another stick to strike him. He pays at- 

 tention to the stick liehl before liim and in the 

 meantime he can be attacked a\ ith the other stick. 

 This is the secret of Bahissa' s method of teaching- 

 horses to allow themselves to be shod by keeping 

 them occupied with the cavesson and not allowing 

 them to pay attention to the man lifting and liol- 

 ding their foot. 



ThiiKjfi he intdersfmuls- uafuraUij and icJticJt have 

 influence upon him. 



A horse of a really vicious nature does not 

 allow himself to be affected either by good treat- 

 ment or by punishment, and only yields to actual 

 physical force and compulsion, and then (mly for 

 so lonii" as it lasts. For this reason the really vicious 

 horse cannot be trained and cannot be used for 

 riding. 



