454 EXTRACT FEOM OFFUTT'S BOOK. 



" H. I am fearful of you ; if you will put your hand on my 

 hip before you come in, and let me know you will not hurt me, I 

 will stand. 



" M. You appear to have been displeased with this stall ever 

 since you got hurt and scared here. 



" H. I never like misfortune nor the places that cause them, 

 for it is bad memory that forgets them. 



" M. Why are you fearful of the bridle ? 



" H. My mouth has been hurt by it and the fingers, my ears 

 pulled, sometimes my eyes flies have hurt them ; I am trying to 

 take care. 



" M. I will put on the bridle to let you know my will ; check 

 reins, martingale, and crupper to hold all fast ; so you are com- 

 pelled to hold still ; then quietly handle the ears and lips ; I lind 

 there is no hurt, all is right. I will in this case put on and take 

 off' another bridle over this until all is right. It may be important 

 in some cases to do so with other things, or to spread a blanket 

 over them, and over the head, and one down the back to the heels. 



" H. I am more cautious than fearful. I do not fear the 

 blanket ; after examining it closely you may fasten it to my tail 

 after putting it over the head and down the back to the heels, and 

 letting it fall at the heels and sides ; but be careful in opening and 

 spreading it over the body, and frequently letting it go to the 

 tail ; if it does not cause me to stir up the dust, or in some degree 

 tend to alarm me, you may know it is all right. If you wish it 

 to drag after me, first let there be a piece of cloth hung on each 

 side of me, some six or eight yards long, so as to rub each side of 

 me at the same time ; after this is done, fasten it to my tail. Let 

 me be as wild as I may in all cases, have me by the bridle, and 

 rub me in the face, speaking kindly to me, and not make me move 

 only by my own will. 



" M. If you are alarmed at anything around you, and will 

 not move off quietly, the best way is to show you that you will 

 not be hurt ; then you will move off quietly ; so when you are 

 alarmed, you had best stand until the alarm is over, to prevent a 

 fright. 



" H. When you wish me to get on a bridge, ice, or in a boat, 

 or into a strange stable or narrow walk, how will you manage to 

 accomplish your design ? 



" M. I will go before you and show the best way. I am in- 

 clined to look around at it in as many different ways as possible, 

 so, by turning about and leading up on one side of the place, and 

 then the other, sometimes the width of the door, the trial will suc- 

 ceed gently. Be careful, the less you suppose the better ; as like 

 begets like, he is soon to contend. 



" H. Remember that all animals are desirous of regular 



