1 10 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



tent, be remedied in training, but 

 natural defects cannot be wholly over- 

 come, and all horses that have any 

 of those mentioned may safely be 

 shunned. 



A nervous man cannot hope to have 

 any success with horses. I do not, by 

 this, make reference to the well-known 

 fact that a horse will assume the 

 mastery of a timid rider, but I mean 

 to say that if the trainer is lacking 

 in the composure necessary to esta- 

 blish a confidence in the horse, his 

 labour will be vain, and the horse 

 will become shy and suspicious. The 

 reason for this effect upon the horse 

 is that in any unusual position he 

 depends upon the man for encourage- 

 ment, but if he finds that the rider 



