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horse are in proportion to the bone, but, to 

 some extent, quality of breeding and reduced 

 substance are preferable to bulk in the bone of 

 a more common horse. In a good grass country 

 a well-bred horse is an absolute necessity, or 

 one can never hope to keep with hounds in a 

 quick hunt. 



FINAL WORDS 



The horse's brain is practically devoid of 

 reasoning power, although he may have natural 

 cunning. At the same time he is endowed with 

 an excellent memory. This fact should always 

 be borne in mind when training horses. 

 From experience we know that training by 

 means of gaining a young horse's confidence 

 and repeatedly teaching him one simple lesson 

 after the previous one is thoroughly learnt is 

 preferable to exacting obedience by subjection 

 to hasty and harsh treatment. The former 

 results in permanent and reliable obedience ; 

 the latter will in most cases merely produce 

 temporary obedience of a defective nature. The 

 horse may become nervous, sulky, or in the 

 case of a high-couraged youngster he may 

 become vicious, and put up a defence which 

 his natural cunning tells him may defeat his 

 trainer's endeavours to control him. No two 



