TRAINING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 1 7 



smell. Snorting is purely and simply an expression 

 of fear, either of a strange object, or it may even be at 

 a strange and sudden noise. You will see a horse 

 snort! snort!! snort!!! at an object, then quietly 

 walk up to it to touch it. The animal was only 

 speaking in its own natural language, which, if 

 better understood by the workers of horses, " 'twould 

 be better for man and beast." 



Now, to get a perfectly trained animal we must have 

 each of these senses thoroughly educated. The sense 

 of sight to seeing and knowing ourselves to begin 

 with, so as to allow us to walk up beside it when in 

 its stall ; then to pass vehicles and steam, etc., without 

 showing fear or shying. The sense of hearing, 

 not to be afraid of noise; for instance, the rattle 

 of the carriage behind it; the noise of the railway 

 engine ; or any vehicle approaching from behind and 

 passing rapidly. Going from a Macadamized road 

 suddenly on to a block stone road will sometimes 

 cause a horse to jump and kick, being startled at the 

 noise. An animal perfectly trained must do all 

 things required of it well and safely. The senses 

 of smell and taste require no education, especially 

 the latter, as I suppose the horse is the cleanest 

 feeding animal in the world, and could teach 

 us, their masters, a lesson in cleanly diet if it 

 were possible for them to do so. The sense of 

 touch or feeling is the sense that requires the 



