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has no fear of it ; you can then piay 

 it up and down his neck and over his 

 ears. Two or three such lessons in 

 your idle moments will enable you to 

 put it on without any difficulty, and 

 save the folly of frightening the animal. 

 G-rooms, at such times, are very brave 

 with little foals, and rush at them 

 with great determination and much 

 shouting. 



And here let me say, once for all, that 

 cruelty, or even roughness (with certain 

 restrictions), is as useless in dealing with 

 a horse as a fifth wheel is to a coach. 

 Therein equine nature is superior to the 

 human article, because a horse is all the 

 better for being treated kindly ; whereas 

 a man, under the like conditions, generally 



