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scare him ; it is not because we want to hurt the 

 horse that we whip him we only do it to scare that 

 bad disposition out of him. But whatever you do, 

 do quickly, sharply and with a good deal of fire, but 

 always without anger. If you are going to scare 

 him at all you must do it at once. Never go into a 

 pitched battle with your horse, and whip him until he 

 is mad and will fight you ; you had better not touch 

 him at all, for you will establish, instead of fear and 

 regard, feelings of resentment, hatred, and ill-will. 

 It will do him no good, but an injury, to strike a 

 blow, unless you can scare him ; but if you succeed 

 in scaring him, you can whip him without making 

 him mad ; for fear and anger never exist together in 

 the horse, and as soon as one is visible, you will find 

 that the other has disappeared. As soon as you 

 have frightened him so that he will stand up straight 

 and pay some attention to you, approach him again, 

 and caress him a good deal more than you whipped 

 him, then you will excite the two controlling passions 

 of his nature, love and fear, and then he will love 

 and fear you too, and, as soon as he learns what to 

 do, will obey quickly. 



HOW TO HALTER AND LEAD A COLT. 



As soon as you have gentled the colt a little, take 

 the halter in your left hand and approach him as be- 

 fore, and on the same side that you have gentled him. 

 If he is very timid about your approaching closely to 



