FEAR 227 



Effects or reactions caused hy fear. 



The greater part of the acts of disobedience, 

 oppositions and reactions in the horse, and the 

 accidents which happen to him are the effect of 

 fear. The instinct of fear makes the horse feel the 

 necessity of getting away from the object which 

 gives him fear, and he does so by swerving on one 

 side, turning back, and fleeing in the opposite direc- 

 tion. He prepares himself for swerving by bending 

 the head and neck towards the object Avhicli excites 

 his fear, looking at it, and thus prepares the cen- 

 tre of gravity of his body on the side opposite to 

 the object and executes the action of SAverving by 

 making a lateral movement with the hind legs. 

 If he is unable to flee, fear may excite him to react 

 against man, animals, and other objects. He kicks 

 against objects which touch him and produce fear 

 until he removes them or hurts himself, and can- 

 not kick any longer. These actions caused by fear 

 may be called reactions of fear. 



