Gradually the horse comes to recognise the authority of man and is content to do his bidding. 

 His training does not necessarily start when he is young; for some types of work horses are 

 between five and seven years of age before any attempt is made to school them. This is 

 a scene in the basic training of a new horse (which may have cost up to £200) in the Mounted 

 Police. First he learns to obey verbal instructions and then the rein. 



The horse is the servant of man, but nothing could be less servile than the proud alertness 

 with which he surveys the world. 'His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch and his coun- 

 tenance enforces homage' (Henry V). 



