The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



take many days, if not weeks, to overcome his 

 repulsion to a man. It is speaking, of course, 

 of a wild and most nervous horse that has never 

 been handled, and one that can be permanently 

 spoilt if brute force is used. Such a one can 

 only be trained to lose his nervousness and 

 wildness by methods, which so attract him 

 to you that he will do anything, which you can 

 make him understand you want done, from 

 pure affection and love of you. He will have 

 got used to the new field in twenty-four hours, so 

 use the same method to get him into the next. 

 He was not scared the first day, and on the 

 second day he will be easy to manoeuvre into 

 the next field. If it takes a week to get him 

 up to the straw-yard quite unscared, the time 

 will have been well spent. 



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