14 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



whip and spur in a race, and still consider himself 

 a pattern of kindness and humanity. 



So let us not deceive ourselves. Horses do feel, 

 and they feel very acutely. They are wonderful 

 servants, and respond to gentle treatment most 

 nobly. Let us, therefore, not abuse their generous 

 natures, but rather strive to bring out all that is 

 good in them by gentle methods supplemented 

 by firmness, courage and resolution. 



I have ridden a good many races myself in days 

 gone by, and not without some measure of success, 

 but I can honestly look back on the past without 

 a shadow of regret, because I have never, even 

 when riding the closest finish, ever used the whip 

 as a means of punishment, or inflicted any un- 

 necessary pain as an aid to success, on an animal 

 I have always found a true and willing servant. 



