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unusual object of the wayside and refuse to pass it, 

 he should in no circumstances, however provoking, 

 be punished, because it is fear that prevents him 

 passing. If he is punished he actually conceives 

 the idea that it is the object by which he is frightened 

 that is hurting him, and he will resist for an hour 

 before he passes it, and perhaps he may not be 

 induced to pass it at all. By punishment he may 

 remember the same place for years after with dread, 

 whereas, if he is patted and urged gently with kind 

 words he will soon walk past. He should be ridden 

 past the object of his alarm two or three times, after 

 which he will generally allow himself to be ridden 

 quite close to it in the most assured manner. Thus, 

 through kindness, we accomplish in a few minutes 

 what it would take hours to overcome by force and 

 cruelty and with a far more successful result, the 

 effects of which will be apparent in the future be- 

 haviour of the horse (Fig. i6). 



SHYING FROM DEFFXTIVE EYESIGHT. 



When a horse shies from defective eyesight he 

 can never be cured if both his eyes are affected, for 

 the older he gets he will gradually grow worse, until, 

 perhaps, he goes blind altogether. He is then of 

 comparatively little use and probably the best thing- 

 to do in such a case is to destroy him. A full 

 explanation of a humane method of destruction will 

 be found in a subsequent chapter. If one eye only 

 is affected, which can generally be discovered from 



