The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



the other hand, just lay hold of it, keeping it 

 quite slack. 



The cold-blooded result is that your horse 

 has come back and handed you his halter 

 himself. Isn't it the best way ? Do it quite 

 a number of times, and then you will find 

 you have taught your horse that when he is 

 loose, or has broken away, the right, proper 

 and often remunerative thing is to come back 

 to you. It ends in an added confidence in you 

 as his master. 



Compare this effect upon the horse's mind 

 with that produced by an excited groom hang- 

 ing on to a halter and pulled up and down 

 the yard until he falls, or is forced to give way ; 

 the chasing of the scared horse by the groom 

 and a couple of stable boys, into a corner, in the 

 endeavour to secure him ; his escape and more 

 chasing, until he is finally grabbed amongst 

 curses and hung on to by brute force. This 

 is what you must often expect if you leave your 

 horse's training to others. 



Now your " wild " horse has never yet been 

 in a stable, at least not since he was a foal. 

 So continue your leading lesson until you 

 arrive outside of his new quarters, of which he 

 will be suspicious before ever he enters them. 

 Before he gets to the stable, send someone in 

 to chase out the sparrows, or they will swish 

 out in a concentrated covey just as he gets 

 to the door. 



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