THE" MIND OF THE HORSE 5^ 



and defends liimself only if nnable to do so and 

 after having been ill-treated for some time. The 

 liorse who is excited to defend himself or forced 

 to do so by ill-treatment does it more or less well 

 according to liis degree of intelligence, cunning and 

 sti-ength. 



The horse that attacks man shows by it that 

 he is his enemy. The reason for his being an enemy 

 to man and attacking him may lie in his bad na- 

 ture l)ut fortuujitely this is rare. In general it is 

 almost always due to his having been ill-treated 

 by man. His beina ill-treated by man and thus 

 proAoked gives rise in him to the idea of defen- 

 ding himself and he defends himself by attacking. 



Whether he will oiler attack depends upon his 

 nature. The very timid horse owing to his great 

 fear hardly defends himself, even if ill-treated very 

 much and repeatedly. The spirited and angry horse 

 attacks directly and powerfully. 



Usually on being attacked by the horse man 

 is afraid and shows it by ceasing to ill-treat him, 

 by withdrawing and escaping, and the horse un- 

 derstands that by attacking he causes the bad treat- 



