The Rorse. 15 



mony with that nature, rebels violently against 

 all harsh and brutal treatment, which is not only 

 not in harmony with his fine constitution, but 

 is directly antagonistic to it. He is quick to 

 appreciate kindness, but equally quick to resent 

 unkindness. The horse is not a bicycle or any 

 other kind of machine on which you can jump 

 and steer it by the turn of the hand merely by 

 main force. He is much stronger than his rider, 

 and is not slow in learning the kind of man he 

 has on his back. His quick intelligence detects 

 in a moment the incapacity of his rider, and if 

 his temper is roused he is not slow to take 

 advantage of it. Owing to the great complexity 

 and development of his nervous system and brain 

 the horse has a highly developed intelligence, and 

 on this fact chiefly depends the reason of the 

 rules to be observed in good riding. 



