1 30 Horse and Man. 



give you mechanical skill, if they cannot sup- 

 ply its place. Keep your horse and yoursell 

 in good humour ; and your final success will, 

 in most cases, be only a question of time. 

 Assure yourself that all your disappointments 

 are your fault and not his. Be lavish of 

 caresses and rewards when he submits, and of 

 pauses for rest and reflection when he resists. 

 Bear in mind that you are working with and 

 for, not against him, and that if you cannot 

 persuade him of this you will effect nothing 

 whatever. 



Do not, above all, be in haste to condemn 

 your horse for final impenitence. There are 

 very few horses which cannot be properly 

 suppled still fewer which will not be greatly 

 and manifestly improved by even an imperfect 

 attempt to supple them. If you find that 

 you are making no progress, it is twenty to 

 one that the fault is your own. Try every 

 possible combination before you g;ive up. 

 Remember that every lesson, carefully and 

 patiently given, will improve you in teach- 

 ing, if it does not improve your pupil in 

 learning. Above all, never give up in a pet. 

 So long as you feel mortified and dissatisfied 



