1 8 THE HORSE: ITS TAMING, 



most education. To begin with, the head has to 

 be taught to take the halter first, the body to be 

 touched and groomed, then the back to take the 

 saddle, the shoulder the collar, and the quarters the 

 breeching. Now comes the question, which is the best 

 method for doing all this amount of teaching success- 

 fully, with safety to ourselves and the colt, and 

 in as little time as possible ? 



I firmly believe that all animals possess the power 

 of instinct only. Instinct stops at the animal, and 

 intelligence begins in the man. Instinct, to my mind^ 

 is a negative power incapable of being educated; 

 whereas intelligence is the foundation of all knowledge, 

 and "Knowledge is Power." Place man in a position of 

 danger, equally with an animal where it is a matter of 

 life or death, and the difference between instinct 

 and intelligence will be fully shown, as in the 

 following incident which occurred not long ago, 

 off the Coast of Australia: — "A ship was wrecked 

 seven miles from land, and part of its cargo 

 consisted of horses and cattle. The night was 

 pitch dark, the coast line low, yet these animals, 

 directly they left the ship, struck out instinctively for 

 the shore, their noses only being above the water." 

 Now, man could not do this ; placed in the same 

 position, and given the power of swimming the 

 distance, is he not just as likely to swim the other 

 \\'ay, out to sea, and get drowned ? How is it, that it 



