THE MIND OF THE HORSE 5l 



vices, but these vices reappear if the horse is again 

 given food and repose. There is therefore a great 

 difference between riding and guiding a well fed 

 horse of a good breed and a tired and ordinary 

 horse. This may be guided by a man who knows 

 little, by a boy, although during a moment of 

 fear even this horse mav need to be held bv a 

 capable man. 



Sensibility also differs at the beginning of the 

 work, wlien the horse is well rested, and at tlie 

 end of the work or of the journey when he is 

 tired. Tlicrefore the rider' s aids and tlie method 

 of guiding ]iim must adapt themselves and be sui- 

 ted to these changes of sensi1)ility. In young horses 

 a bad nature or habit mav l)e sonle^^hat modiiied 



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but this is difficult in old horses. 



Certam mental (jiKflifws arc (/cuerallt/ coupled with 



certain physical ones. 



The light horse is usually of a sanguine and 

 nervous temperament, ready in motion. The hea^y 

 Inu'se is generally plilegmatic and slow to move. 



