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galvanism; it is merely taking away the fear 

 a horse generally has of man, and familiarizing 

 the animal with his master. As the horse doubt- 

 less experiences a certain amount of pleasure 

 from this handling, he will soon become gentle 

 under it, and show a very marked attachment to 

 his keeper." Earey, in his treatment of horses, 

 says, " The horse that has only a natural fear of 

 man is the easiest trained, for when we have that 

 which is wild and lively we can train him to our 

 will in a very short time, as they are generally 

 quiet to obey.'' There is another kind that are 

 of a stubborn or vicious disposition, a:nd although 

 they are not wild and do not require taming in 

 the sense it is generally understood, they are just 

 as ignorant as the wild horse, if not more so, and 

 need to be taught as much. In order to have 

 them obey quickly, it is necessary that they 

 should be made to fear their master, as in order 

 to obtain perfect obedience from any horse we 

 must first have him to fear us ; our motto is 

 '' Fear, love, and obey," and we must have the 

 fulfilment of the first two before we can expect 

 the latter. It is by our philosophy of creating 

 fear, love, and confidence, that we govern to our 

 will every kind of horse. Then, in order to take 

 horses as we find them, of all kinds, and train 

 them to our liking, we always take with us, when 

 we go into the stable to a colt, a long switch whip 

 (whalebone buggy whips are the best) with a 

 good silk cracker so as to cut keenly and make 

 a sharp report, accompanied with a sharp fierce 

 word, will be sufiicient to enliven the spirits of 



