BOUNDING 



The horse's contrariness is now removed. But 

 how did it arise in the first place? By the educa- 

 tion at the hands of the first trainer, who allowed 

 the horse to refuse to execute a movement or submit 

 to an effect which it did not understand. If the 

 trainer had insisted patiently and gently on the 

 horse's learning that troublesome effect, he would, 

 at the very beginning, have disposed the horse's 

 will in his favor, and instilled the habit of obe- 

 dience. But by punishing the horse for not under- 

 standing some effect, the trainer has impressed 

 upon its will and memory the possibility of success- 

 ful revolt. The animal knows that it has had the 

 best of the man. 



The error really lies in the haste with which mas- 

 ters and public are trying to complete the educa- 

 tion of a horse. One who takes a reasonable time 

 and follows without hurrying the sequence of the 

 training should never have occasion to induce any 

 restiveness. Either the horse knows or does not 

 know what the man's effects indicate. If it knows 

 and refuses, it must be punished. But if it does not 

 know, it is to be taught. To educate the horse to 

 understand the rider's effects is to make it superior 

 to other horses and more intelligent, and is the 

 surest means toward success. 



BOUNDING 



A BOUNDING horse springs straight up in the air 

 from all four legs, and comes down again on the 



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