20 Management and Treatine7it of the Horse. 



a stable, it ought to be large to give him exercise 

 with the halter before you lead him out. If the 

 horse belongs to that class which appears only to 

 fear man, you must introduce yourself gently into 

 the stable or yard where he is. He will naturally 

 run away from you, and frequently turn his head 

 from you, but you must walk about extremely 

 soft and slow, so that he can see you whenever 

 he turns his head towards you, which he never 

 fails to do in a quarter of an hour, or half hour at 

 most. I never knew one much longer without 

 turning his head towards me. At the very mo- 

 ment he turns his head, hold out your left hand 

 towards him and stand perfectly still, keeping 

 your eyes upon the horse, watching his motions, 

 if he makes any ; if the horse does not stir from 

 ten to fifteen minutes, advance as slowly as pos- 

 sible without any other ingredients in your hand 

 than what nature puts in it." He says, "I have 

 made use of certain ingredients before people, 

 such as the sweat under my arm, to disguise the 

 real secret, and many believed that the docility 

 to which the horse arrived in so short a time was 

 owing to these ingredients. But you see from 

 this explanation that they were of no use' what- 

 ever. The implicit faith placed in these ingre- 

 dients, though innocent of themselves, becomes 

 faith without works, and thus men remain always 

 in doubt concerning the secret. If the horse 

 makes the least motion when you advance to- 

 wards him, stop and remain perfectly still until 

 he is quiet. Eemain in this condition a few 

 minutes, and then advance again in the same slow 



