306 REACTIONS 



buck, is the attempt to make him traverse when 

 he did not know how, when he experienced diffi- 

 culty in doing it, and the rider not knowing how to 

 raise the hand in proper time to impede reactions. 



The occasion for making reactions may also be 

 due to special circumstances which give rise in the 

 horse to the idea of performing movements con- 

 trary to those the rider wishes. He may by a 

 chance not considered by the rider be guided into 

 a road which leads home, and thus obtain ihe 

 idea of going there, of desiring to go there. 



If the rider seeks to prevent him going home by 

 aids and punishments the idea of making reactions 

 may be suggested to him, and if by them he suc- 

 ceeds in going home, i. e.' in getting the better, 

 he will always want to do so if the idea of going 

 home enters in his head. 



The horse which will not separate himself from 

 other horses, does not make reactions if allowed 

 to go together with them, but may make them if 

 it is sought to make him go in another direction 

 by aids and punishments. Here the attempt to se- 

 parate him from the other horses has furnished 



