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ardice appears to us at first to be inexplicable, yet on 

 reflection we must perceive that it is in strict accordance 

 with the beneficent decree that "man should have domi- 

 nion over every beast of the field." 



The weight and muscular strength of a horse multi- 

 plied into each other, form a momentum which, if his 

 courage were as indomitable as that of man, would make 

 him the master instead of the servant of the human race ; 

 and accordingly, although, for all the purposes for which 

 man can require them, his energy and endurance are in- 

 vincible, yet, to ensure his subjection, his courage has 

 been so curiously constituted, that, as it were, by touching 

 the small secret spring of a safety valve, the whole of 

 it instantly evaporates; and althouglf Mr. Rarey has 

 not exactly explained this theory, he has, with extra- 

 ordinary intelligence and success, reduced it to practice 

 as follows : 



When a horse of a sensitive and sensible disposition 

 is placed under the care of a man of weak nerves, he very- 

 soon finds out that, by the help of his body, teeth, and 

 heels, that is to say by squeezing, crushing, biting, and 

 kicking his groom, he is able to frighten him; and no 

 sooner is this victory attained, than the tyrant begins to 

 misbehave himself to everybody in every possible way, 

 until, as in the case of Cruiser, it is declared dangerous to 

 approach him, even with food ; that no man can ride him ; 



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