56 THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



Things that somewhat modify his mental qualities 



and character. 



Instruction exercises and develops the mental 

 qualities of the horse rendering them more apt 

 and ready and making him obedient. A good breed 

 usually brings \Vith it intellectual and physical 

 qualities, sensibility and strength, in a gi'eater degree 

 than a common breed. An exception offered by 

 some comparatively good individual of a poorer 

 breed does not alter the rule. A bad disposition is 

 worse in the specimen of a good breed because he 

 is more intelligent. 



The condition of wildness due to good feeding 

 and lack of exercise results in a nervous restless- 

 ness which is a disease and makes him more sen- 

 sitive, more excitable, more inclined to oppose the 

 orders of man, more susceptible of fear, more ready 

 to injure man. 



The horse in a vigorous condition is more dispo- 

 sed to resist our will than the weak horse. AA'ork 

 and little food make liorses quiet and almost in 

 sensible to our aids and to fear, and cover their 



