CHAPTER IX. 



STALLIONS. 



There is no class of horses that require more careful 

 management than stallions. They have more intelligence 

 than other horses, and are quicker to take advantage when 

 carelessness or weakness is shown. They are also more 

 courageous in their re- 

 sistance. In addition, 

 the character of their re- 

 sistance — b i t i n g and 

 striking — is far more dif- 

 ficult to combat. Mis- 

 takes can be m a d e in 

 breaking mares and geld- 

 ings without doing much 

 more harm than to in- 

 crease the labor of their 

 subjection ; but in subdu- 

 ing a stallion, a mistake, 

 or even slight carelessness, is in many cases fatal to suc- 

 cess. The whip should never be used upon a horse of 

 tlfis character ; for there is great danger, if at all spirited 

 or courageous, of his becoming aggressive and vicious. 



A young horse that is very gentle, allowing himself to 

 be handled and caressed around the head, etc., can, by bad 

 treatment, easily be made so vicious that his whole char- 



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Fig. 210.— Portrait from life of Old Hamble- 



tonian. Sire of the Hambletoniau 



trotters. 



