28 o HUMANE HORSE-TRAINING 



This is a time when patience comes in again, for, 

 no matter how strongly the foal may object to having 

 his feet manipulated by a stranger, he will usually 

 resign himself to his fate in the end, if not bulUed or 

 knocked about when he first rebels. It is, moreover, 

 rather a dangerous thing to attempt to secure him 

 against his will, as in the course of his struggles he may 

 seriously hurt himself, and, therefore, it is best to adopt 

 persuasive measures in the first instance, and these 

 will usually be found effective. 



PICTURE HORSES. THE LATE WALTER WINANS AS A CRITIC 



*' At this time of year equine subjects, especially hunt- 

 ing scenes, are wont to be plentiful in the illustrated papers 

 and the Christmas-card trays, and the average quality 

 of the pictorial steeds is such as to bear out the tradition 

 that the horse is more full of difficulties for the artist 

 than anything else in Nature. 



"It is easy to understand why this is so. A drawing 

 or painting of a horse has to undergo veterinary ex- 

 amination as well as artistic criticism. And special 

 knowledge does not necessarily imply technical ex- 

 cellence, nor artistic genius the ability to render the 

 characteristics which distinguish a polo pony from a 

 butcher's cob. 



