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FOUR ELEMENTS NECESSARY IN A GOOD 



HORSEMAN. 



There are four elements necessary in the nature 

 and character of man to render him a g;ood and 

 proficient horseman, and these are : — patience, per- 

 severance, a steady nerve, and an active presence of 

 mind. Patience and perseverance in all cases will 

 prove of invaluable service ; a good nerve is indis- 

 pensable, without which no man can ever be pro- 

 nounced a good horseman ; and an active presence 

 of mind will prove of inestimable service in cases of 

 emergency, when prompt and immediate action must 

 be taken. Indeed, one active man with a cool head 

 is worth half-a-dozen men who are nervous and 

 excitable. 



DEGREES OF TEMPERAMENT IN HORSES. 



There is a great difference in the temperament 

 of horses, consequently they require varying degrees 

 of treatment in order to obtain general and satisfactory 

 results. A high-spirited, nervous animal requires to be 

 handled with extreme care, for, although he is easily 

 overcome on the one hand, he is proportionately 

 easily spoiled on the other. A stubborn, bad-tempered 

 animal not only requires different degrees of treat- 

 ment, but may require a separate system of treat- 

 ment altogether. He is not so easily overcome ; his 

 instinctive senses are duller and less perceptive, 

 consequently a much longer time is necessary in 



