68 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



animals to train, and them and dogs you 

 can punish for wrong-doing a certain 

 period after the offence, and they will 

 understand what it is for, but not so 

 a horse. It must be conveyed to the 

 latter animal in touch with the action. 

 You can whip your setter for running in 

 to fur, or your foxhound for riot, on his 

 return to the guns or the pack, and he 

 knows what it's for ; but if you whip your 

 horse for hitting his timber, it will only 

 cause him to rush at the next lot of rails 

 and go through them pell-mell. You 

 must fasten some timber, and line him 

 over so that if he hits it he will fall, and 

 he will take care of himself next time. 



If a horse (an old hunter, for instance) 

 is a fair demon taking to his harness, 

 there is no more effectual remedy than 

 yoking him to a set of chain-harrows in 

 a big grass field with long gears. He 



