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REACTIOXS. 



« Reactions » are actions of the horse directed 

 ai^aiiist tlie rider, who by liis aids requires him to 

 perform some movement, or by his punishments 

 seeks to force him to make this movement. Thev 

 may even be made with the idea of attacking. 

 They may be called reactions because the horse 

 acts against the actions of the rider which excite 

 and provoke him to revolt against them. These 

 material reactions are manifestations of mental 

 opposition, of resentment, of anger, of hatred to- 

 wards the rider. 



The horse which has acquired the habit of ma- 

 king one or more reacticms on the application of 

 some aids or punishments or in some particular 

 circumstances or places is called vicious. He has 



