110 TAMING HORSES. 



To take these-assertions in order, I will first give 

 you some of the reasons why I think he is natu- 

 rally obedient, and will not offer resistance to any- 

 thing fully comprehended. The horse, though 

 possessed of some faculties superior to man's, being 

 deficient in reasoning powers, has no knowledge of 

 right or wrong, of free will and independent 

 government, an^ knows not of any imposition 

 practised upon l^im, however unreasonable these 

 impositions may be. Consequently, he cannot 

 come to any decision as to what he should or 

 should not do, because he has not the reasoning fa- 

 culties of man to argue the justice of the thing de- 

 manded of him. If he had, taking into considera- 

 tion his superior strength, he would be useless to 

 man as a servant. Give him mind in proportion 

 to his strength, and he will demand of us the green 

 fields for his inheritance, where he will roam at 

 leisure, denying the right of servitude at all. God 

 has wisely formed his nature so that it can be ope- 

 rated upon by the knowledge of man according to 

 the dictates of his will; and hfe might well be^, 

 termed an unconscious, submissive servant. This 

 truth we can see verified in every day's experience 

 by the abuses practised upon him. Any one who 

 chooses to be so cruel, can mount the noble steed 

 and run him till he drops with fatigue, or, as is 

 often the case with the more spirited, falls dead be- 



