204 HOW OBEDIENCE IS TAUGHT 



him. Thus if he is prevented from going to eat 

 the hay he sees close by, altliough he experiences 

 the desire to go and eat it, there arises in him 

 the idea that our strength which prevents him from 

 doing so is superior to his. It is the same with 

 our preventing him from going to the stable, from 

 following other horses. 



A good means of showing him our superiority 

 is likewise our stimulating by aids, threats and 

 punishments, his excitability to motion, and for- 

 cing him to put himself in motion in spite of his 

 opposed desire not to move. This excitability of 

 his is the cliief means of compelling him to ad- 

 vance, to perform the actions we desire to put him 

 through, and of enabling us to collect him. 



S2Jec'ial means of •showinf/ the liorse our superiority 

 and how to employ them. 



The instruction with the lounge is the best 

 suited to teach obedience. Special means of show- 

 ing him our superiority are: — the aids and pu- 



