^2 THE ART OF TILVIXIKG AlS'iMALS. 



and give notice of the approach of man or beast. Similar anec- 

 dotes are related of all horses kindly treated, no matter where 

 may be their home. We heard of one who had a drunken 

 master, and this horse surpassed the Arab example even in 

 intelligence, for he would modify his gait so as to keep his reel- 

 ing rider from falling off; and if this catastrophe did happen, 

 the horse would stand for hours, regardless of food or drink, and 

 with anger and determination attack man or beast that would 

 approach too near. 



TO CURE A STUBBORN DISPOSITION. 



If your horse, instead of being wild, seems to be of a stubborn 

 or mulish disposition ; if he lays back Ms ears as you approach 

 him, or turns his heels to kick you, he has not the regard or fear of 

 man that he should have to CDable you to handle him quickly 

 and easily ; and it might be well to give him a few sharp cuts 

 with the whip, about the legs, pretty close to the body. It will 

 crack keenly as it plies around his legs, and the crack of the 

 whip will affect him as much as the stroke 5 besides one sharp 

 cut about his legs will affect him more than two or three over 

 his back, the skin on the inner part of his legs or about his 

 fiank being thhnier, more tender, than on his back. But do not 

 whip him much — just enough to frighten him ; it is not because 

 we want to hurt the horse that u-e whip Jtiin-^'we only do it to 

 frighten vice and stubbornness 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 frighten 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 ; it would 

 be better not to touch him at all, for you will establish, instead 

 of fear and respect, feelings of resentment, hatred, and ill-will. 

 It. will do him no good, but harm, to strike him, unless you can 

 frighten him ; but if you can succeed in frightening him, you 

 can whip him without making him msid-, 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 ; thus you will excite the 

 two controlling passions of his nature, love and fear ; he will 

 love and fear you too ; and, as soon as he learns what you 

 require, will obey quickly. The stubborness once broken down, 

 there is seldom any farther trouble of that score, if the horse be 

 afterward managed with judgment and kindness. He will 

 appreciate your kindness and become desirous of pleasing you. 



