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XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



a time, they think that what they shied at is 

 the cause of the hurt. 



I do not find fault with a horse for knowing 

 how to settle down ^7 so as to be mounted 

 easily, when the groom delivers him to 

 the rider; still, I think that the true horse- 

 man ought to practise and be able to mount 

 even if the horse does not so offer himself. 

 Different horses fall to one's lot at different 

 times, and the same horse serves you one 

 way at one time and another at another. 



