46 THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



we desire liim to perform. Good treatment further 

 serves the purpose of sliowing liim that he does 

 well to make the movement he is making- if it is 

 the one he is required to peribrm. To make the 

 horse well disposed towards us and teach him to 

 be glad on seeing us and to love us is the first 

 thing to be done to the end of inducing him to 

 do as we desire. 



Ejfect of piumhment. 



The fact of our being able to inspire tlie horse 

 with a feeling of obedience results from the plea- 

 sure he experiences from good treatment but also 

 largely from the displeasure, fear and pain he suf- 

 fers from punishment, frcmi which he receives the 

 idea of our superiority. Eor this reason the vicious 

 horse, who pays no attention to these two kinds 

 of treatment, is not susceptible of training. 



All the various punishments applied for and 

 associated Avith an action performed by the horse 

 serve to show disapproval of it, serve to tell the 

 horse not to do it, as they make him see that per 



