26 Management aiid T^'eatment of the Horse. 



because we want to hurt the horse that we whip 

 him ; we only do it to scare the bad disposition 

 out of him ; but whatever is done, do quickly, 

 sharply, and with fire ; but without anger. If 

 you are going to scare him at all, you must do it 

 at once ; never go into a pitch battle with your 

 horse and whip him until he is mad and will fight 

 you ; you had better not touch him at all, for you 

 will establish, instead of fear and regard, feelings 

 of resentment, hatred, and ill-will. It will do 

 him no good to strike a blow, unless you can 

 scare him; but if • you can succeed in scaring 

 him, you can whip him without making him 

 mad. Fear and anger never exist together in 

 the horse, and as soon as one is visible, you find 

 the other has disappeared. As soon as you have 

 frightened him so that he will stand up straight, 

 and pay some attention to you, approach him 

 again and caress him a great deal more than 

 you whipped him ; then you will excite the two 

 controlling passions of his nature — love and fear 

 — and he will love and fear you too, and, as 

 soon as he learns what to do, will obey quickly." 

 Although I have given at some length Powell's 

 and. Earey's systems of training wild horses, yet 

 in a country like England there ought not to 

 be wild horses to tame. The Arabians manage 

 their young horses much better than we do. 

 They having no other house but a tent to live 

 in, this also serves them for a stable, so that 

 the mare, foal, husband, wife, and children, lie 

 all together indiscriminately. The little children 

 are often seen upon the body or neck of the mare, 



