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SUBJECTION. 



FIG. 277. Expression of aggressive 

 viciousness. 



thing, while a dog, elephant, or other animal that has con- 

 siderable development of brain, can easily be taught a great 

 deal. 



In like manner there are greater or less degrees of a 



natural tendency in horses 

 to viciousness and resist- 

 ance, imposing more or less 

 difficulty in their subjec- 

 tion. Twenty horses may 

 kick or run away, and so 

 far as the act of resistance 

 is concerned, there is prac- 

 tically little or no differ- 

 ence. One horse may yield 

 to treatment in a few min- 

 utes, the next may require 

 a much longer time, while the third, though subjected to 

 the same treatment, can perhaps be controlled only after 

 hours of extreme effort. 

 Consequently, success in 

 the subjection of any par- 

 ticular case, or in over- 

 coming any special habit, 

 must depend, first, upon 

 the amount and quality of 

 the brain; second, the de- 

 gree to which the nervous 

 system has been impressed 

 or deranged ; third, upon 

 the pluck and endurance 

 of the horse ; and fourth, 

 the directness and power 

 with which the resistance can be restrained or controlled, 

 and the skill with which the treatment is applied. 



FIG. 278. Expression of docility. 



