68 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



CHAPTER 11.— DISCIPLINE AND EXERCISE. 



The secret of success in the management of horses 

 lies in a kindly enforced discipline. Through 

 gentleness and firmness the most irritable animal 

 may be made perfectly quiet and obedient. 



It is important that there should be no breaches 

 of discipline upon the part of the young horse ; for 

 with care its education may be carried on without 

 permitting the idea of resisting the trainer's will to 

 enter the animal's mind. From the time the horse 

 is taken in hand, it should be the object of the 

 trainer to impress the horse with his power. The 

 animal should not be permitted to move except at 

 the command of its master. If it take a step in any 

 direction without having received orders, it should 

 be quietly made to resume its position. It should 

 be made to keep the pace and action desired by the 

 trainer, and in every possible way the horse should 

 be made to feel that it must recognise a superior 

 will. While it is wise to avoid a battle with a horse, 

 the man should bear in mind that it is through the 



