22 The Art of Biding. 



upon him that he lost completely all confidence 

 in man, and would never again trust himself to 

 his guidance in the matter of jumping. No doubt 

 the horse was unnerved, or, as it was said, 

 thoroughly cowed; but I believe it was not so 

 much that his courage was shaken, as his con» 

 fidence in the judgment of his rider. 



Horses love hunting, and will follow the 

 hounds without rider or guidance; and I venture 

 to think that that horse would have followed the 

 hounds without rider, and have taken, as before, 

 with unabated courage, all leaps over the ground 

 with wliich he was acquainted. 



My experience as a teacher of riding — 

 extending now over a period of forty years — 

 has led me to place great importance on what I 

 term conveying your thoughts to the horse, while 



