' I ""HE advantages derived from the 



■*■ existence of sympathy between 

 horse and rider cannot be too highly 

 estimated. When a woman gives her 

 horse to understand that he will be 

 ruled by kindness, he is very certain to 

 serve her far more willingly and faith- 

 fully than if she tried to control him 

 by force. If he has learned to be fond 

 of her voice, it will calm and reassure 

 him in moments of excitement which 

 might otherwise result in a runaway; 

 it will stimulate him to expend his 

 best energies at her command, when 

 force or punishment would fail, and will 

 do more to establish a mutual under- 

 standing in a few weeks than would be 



