224 AUT C^SAR, AUT NULLUS. 



would depend on what lie said he wanted to effect. 

 If he had got hold of a restive one, and had tried all 

 that caressing, patience, and gentle urging would do 

 to induce him to go one way, and he still insisted on 

 going another, I should say, try the whip and spur, 

 and try them effectually^ or not at all. Make him do 

 it, and never leave him till he does. Every thing in 

 such a case must be sacrificed, or at least risked, for 

 he may as well be killed as left master. Thus it will 

 be seen I have no overwrought feelings of kindness 

 where kindness is thrown aAvay. Still even here we 

 should not be acting quite justly either ; for depend on 

 it this would not happen had the colt been well 

 brought up : but as he is, we must act a little 

 unjustly for interest's sake. We will say that by 

 such severity we break the restive habits of this 

 colt ; but depend on it he will never forget it, nor 

 will he ever be the even-tempered animal that the 

 colt will be that never required such usage. 



Now if the colt was merely awkward or stupid 

 (and there is a wonderful difference in the capacities 

 of different horses), and the question had been asked 

 of how long patience was to last, I should say in two 

 words, fo7' ever — ay for ever ; for patience will 

 eventually teach any thing the animal has capacity to 

 learn. The whip and spur severely applied will 

 TEACH NOTHING : they may force him to do some 

 things, and, if only used as a hint, will assist in even 

 teaching : but the most severe use of them will neither 

 make a colt go pleasantly nor safely, prevent his 

 shying, render him indifferent to noise, bustle, crowds, 

 or excitement : they will never make him a neat, cool, 

 and perfect fencer, moderate his pace, nor stop if told 

 to do so, or in fact obey the voice in any thing except 



