240 FEAR 



with fear and hurt himself iu the attempt to get 

 free. If a horse harnessed to a cart in driving 

 away the flies happens to get his bridle entangled 

 in a hook on the shafts, he has a bad fall and 

 becomes extremely afraid. Running into ditches, 

 breaking the shafts of the vehicle to which he was 

 harnessed and being left alone by man, leave a 

 powerful impression, and with some it is difficult 

 to cause them to forget it. Being accustomed to 

 feel the man always with him, his being alone 

 and abandoned and unable to hear the voice of 

 the man any longer gi'ves him great fear. 



We must seelc to dispel Ms fear. 



The horse is by nature suspicious and appre 

 hensive and it is natural for him to be afraid. It 

 is our dutv to seek to overcome this. It is the 



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chief part of his instruction to teach him so far 

 as possible not to be afraid or to be afraid as little 

 as possible and to remove the fear of objects of 

 which he has become afraid. 



