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habit of obedience that he controls the animal, and 

 he should, therefore, in laying the foundations of its 

 education, endeavour to demand nothing that he is 

 not prepared to enforce. But, above all things, the 

 man should avoid challenging the horse to a contest, 

 and then yielding to the angry animal ; for, while a 

 horse may forget that it has upon occasion been 

 guilty of misconduct without receiving correction, 

 it will always remember a successful resistance 

 of authority. If the horse shows a determination 

 not to accede to the repeated demands of its trainer, 

 it must be made to obey, or the man's rule is in 

 jeopardy. But this will not be a case for severe 

 punishment ; nothing but patience will avail the 

 trainer. The horse should be made to remain in 

 place. Every voluntary movement should be 

 checked, unless it be the one required by the man, 

 when the horse should be rewarded as though 

 it had not been guilty of mutiny. Regardless 

 of the time passed, or of the annoyance it 

 causes him, the trainer should keep the horse 

 in the same place, until it readily obeys the 

 order it has refused. If the horse becomes 

 violent, it may be hobbled ; but it is always 

 better to obtain obedience with the bridle alone, 

 as the horse will learn to look upon it as a potent 

 instrument. The man may not desire to repeat 



