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the inner part of tlie legs or about his flanks being 

 thinner, and more tender than on his back. But do 

 not whip him much — -just enough to scare him ; it 

 is not because we want to hurt the horse that we 

 whip him ; we only do it to scare that bad disposi- 

 tion out of him. But whatever you do, do quickly, 

 sharply and Avitli a good deal of fire, but always 

 without anger. If you go to scare him at all, you 

 must do it at once. Never go into a pitched battle 

 with your horse, and whip him until he is mad, and 

 vrill fight you : you had better not touch him at all, 

 for you will establish, instead of fear and regard, 

 feelings of resentment, hatred, and ill will. It will 

 do him no good, but harm, to strike him, unless you 

 can frighten him ; but if you can succeed in fright- 

 ening liim, you can whip him without making him 

 mad ; for fear and anger never exist together in the 

 horse, and as soon as one is visible, you will find 

 that the other has disappeared. As soon as you 

 have frightened him, so that he will stand up straight 

 and pay some attention to you, approach liim again 

 and caress him a good deal more than you whipped 

 him ; thus you will excite the two controlling pas- 

 sions of his nature, love and fear ; he will love, and 

 fear you too ; and, as soon as he learns what you 

 require, will obey quickly. 



If the colt is of too mulish a disposition to yield 

 to careful and gentle treatment, as here given, you 

 must resort to the several measures recommended for 

 taming vicious horses, as explained elsewhere in 

 these pages. 



