i8 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



words combined, whenever called upon to do so, no 

 matter whether he be stabled, or at liberty at the time. 



For instance, suppose that a horse, after having 

 been turned loose in a grass park, should be unwilling 

 to come to hand when you require him for service. 

 By behaving in this way he is guilty of an act of 

 disobedience which may be taken as proof sufficient 

 that his early training, in this particular respect, has 

 either been neglected, or else that the effects of it have 

 been ruined at some later time. If he had been 

 trained properly, however, there is little likelihood 

 that he will be guilty of such acts of self-will as I 

 have above described. That it is well worth while to give 

 a thorough training to an animal while he is young 

 enough will be admitted by everybody who has ever 

 lost time and temper trying to catch one of the self- 

 willed animals. 



In the second place, we break a horse in order to 

 teach him obedience and the habit of ready response 

 to our actions and voice whilst he is being either ridden 

 or driven, and with the further object that he may 

 learn to exhibit the best of manners under all circum- 

 stances, whether these be of an ordinary or extra- 

 ordinary description. 



