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it plies around his legs, and the crack of the whip 

 will affect him as much as the stroke ; besides, one 

 sharp cut about his legs will affect him more than 

 two or three over his back, the skin on the inner 

 part of his legs or about his flank being thinner, 

 more tender, than on his back. But do not whip 

 him much — just enough to scare him; it is not be- 

 cause we want to hurt the horse that we whip him, 

 we only do it to scare that bad disposition out of 

 him. But whatever you do, do quickly, sharply, 

 and with a good deal of fire, but always without 

 anger. If you are going to scare him at all you 

 must do it at once. Never go into a pitched bat- 

 tle with your horse, and whip him until he is mad 

 and will fight you ; you had better not touch him 

 at all, for you will establish, instead of fear and 

 regard, feelings of resentment, hatred, and ill-will. 

 It will do him no good, but an injury, to strike a 

 blow, unless you can scare him ; but if you succeed 

 in scaring him, you can whip him without making 

 him mad ; for fear and anger never exist together 

 in the horse, and as soon as one is visible, you will 

 find that the other has disappeared. As soon as 

 you have frightened him so that he will stand up 

 straight and pay some attention to you, approach 

 him again, and caress him a good deal more than 

 you whipped him, then you will excite the two 

 controlling passions of his nature, love and fear, 



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