CHAPTER III. 



B. F. DAVIS' NEW METHOD OF TAMING WILD HORSES. 



THREE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. 



First. — That he is so constituted by nature that he 

 will not offer resistance .to any demand made of him, 

 which he fully comprehends, if made in any way con- 

 sistent with the laws of his nature. 



Second. — That he has no consciousness of his strength 

 beyond his experience, and can be handled according 

 to our will without force. 



Third. — That we can, in compliance with the laws 

 of his nature, by which he examines all things new to 

 him, take any object, however frightful, around, over 

 or on him, that does not inflict pain, without causing 

 him to fear. 



To take these assertions in order, I will give you 



First, some of the reasons why I think he is natur- 

 ally obedient, and will not offer resistance to anything 

 fully comprehended. The horse, though possessed of 

 some faculties superior to man's, being deficient in 

 reasoning powers, has no knowledge of right or wrong, 

 of free will and independent government, and knows 



