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is disturbed the animal will think that 

 there is something wrong, and will be 

 ready to take alarm at anything that 

 his quick imagination clothes with 

 danger. 



It is a common case for a rogue 

 of a horse to play the tyrant with a 

 timid rider, by making a pretence of 

 being frightened at everything that can 

 attract his attention, until he some- 

 time or other over-does his acted part 

 and finds that he is running away in 

 earnest, when he becomes terror- 

 stricken, and the farce becomes a 

 tragedy. 



Undoubtedly, much of the vice in 

 horses has been cultivated by the severity 

 and cruelty of their masters, and it is 

 true that vice may often be cured by 



