390 



SUBJECTION. 



The principle is the same in the management of kick- 

 ing, runaway, biting, striking horses, as well as horses of 

 other peculiarities of resistance, the point being, first, to 

 use tact in addressing the animal's intelligence without ex- 

 citing his fear, or to the least possible degree, and, as in 

 the examples referred to, resorting to such means of re- 

 straint or power to impress the brain sufficiently, without in- 

 jury, to compel obedience, and fix the condition of docil- 

 ity, more or less being necessary to be done, according to 

 the severity of the case. Although I have given in the 



FIG. 275. Primary effects of intemperance. 



first chapter very full details of the principles and best 

 methods of doing this, which, with the details of their ap- 

 plication for the management of the various habits, to be 

 found in subsequent chapters, should make it sufficiently 

 clear to the reader, still I think there are some points that 

 require in this connection more full explanation. I would 

 allude particularly to the necessity for adapting treatment 

 to conditions of intelligence and character, the importance 

 of not neutralizing or counteracting the effects of the treat- 

 ment by exciting resistance, the effect of drugs, inherent 

 power, etc. 



The study of physiology teaches that the primary units, 

 or protoplasm, are in all cases the same; that each peculi- 



