230 HORSE SENSE. 



or one day old, bv taking hold of them and handling them all over 

 carefully without fright or punishment. The earlier in the colt's life 

 we begin the easier the task, and the longer it is postponed the 

 greater chances or prospects for a hard struggle. The dififerences of 

 opinion come in here as to just the right age to begin. 



HORSE INTELLIGENCE. 



Far too many of the human family believe the horse is only a 

 "brute" to be "yanked," kicked and pounded into submission at the 

 pleasure or passion '^f the "acephalous hossman," who is trying to 

 force his would-be faithful animal servant to perform duties which 

 neither understand the foundation principles of, but both operating 

 against each other and getting farther from the desired "goal" at every 

 turn. It is a case of a man wanting to be a horse trainer not under- 

 standing the true principles of horsemanship, ignoring the natural laws 



Fig. 3 indicates clearly just how Betsy, at six days old, learned to back in , 

 compliance with the great natural law, so that in a few days she could 

 be induced to keep backing for half a block by word alone. 



of animal life, and the horse, not knowing what is wanted; a horse and 

 man fight generally results, with no advantage to the "breaker" and 

 certainly a damage to the horse. 



HORSE'S WONDERFUL MEMORY. 



If we are not willing to concede that the horse is endowed with 

 a fair degree of intelligence we are in duty bound to respect his very 

 retentive memory, as he never forgets anything — good or bad. Most 

 people are ready to charge the horse with readily remembering all 

 the bad tricks he ever learned, yet very few are ready to acknowledge 

 the careful recollections of the valuable instructions of early life. If 

 the horse only remembers the bad habits learned and forgets the 



