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tlioughts at one lesson, or teach him right from 

 wrong, but must continue it over a long coiu-se 

 of years ; and if you correct a child harshly, or 

 beat him without showing where his fault hes 

 and reasoning mth him, he will either show 

 fight as best he can — for he does not understand 

 what he has done wrong or why it is wrong — 

 or else he turns sulky and broods over his 

 wroncfs, which latter I hold to be worse than 

 the former ; and this holds good in the horse, 

 for a sulky colt is much harder to overcome 

 and requires much more patience than one 

 which breaks out in open fight, for when the 

 fight is over it is over, but with a sulk^ one 

 there is no knowing how long it may last. As 

 it is best to reason with a cliild, and prove to 

 him that he is wTong, instead of whipping him, 

 so is it best to teach a horse by degrees what 

 is required of him, for he cannot be reasoned 

 with, but must learn step by step the lessons 

 given him. If you endeavour to teach him 

 too much at once, or in too rapid strides, he 

 cannot understand^ and therefore when you 



