54 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



know that it is orthodox to calm him down 

 with a chirrup 5' and to rouse him by cluck- 

 ing; still, if from the first you should cluck 

 when caressing and chirrup when punishing, 

 the horse would learn to start up at the 

 chirrup and calm down at a cluck. So when 

 a shout is raised or a trumpet blown, you 

 should not let him see you disturbed, least 

 of all should you do anything to alarm him, 

 but should quiet him down so far as you can 

 at such a time, and give him his breakfast 

 or his dinner if circumstances should permit. 

 But the best piece of advice I can give is not 

 to get a very high-mettled horse to use in 

 war. 



As for a sluggish horse, I think it sufficient 

 to set down that your method of handling 

 him should at all times be just the opposite 

 to that which I recommended in the case of 

 the high-mettled one.s^ 



