no IV TO USE A HORSE, 



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and kindness, but timidity Is worse than 

 severity In Inducing vice. 



The young horse soon becomes tract- 

 able, and as long as his temper Is un- 

 ruffled he desires to do that which is 

 required of him. Until the spirit of 

 rebellion is awakened, he is as anxious 

 to avoid the perils of battle as his master 

 should be. If upon an occasion he de- 

 clines to perform some movement that is 

 required of him, let his attention be turned 

 to that which will please him, and his obe- 

 dience In this will Induce his obedience 

 afterwards to the first demand. To give 

 up to him after a battle will confirm his 

 obstinacy, but he will soon forget his 

 unnoticed defiance. Under proper treat- 

 ment he vv^ill in time yield to the will of 

 his master w^Ithout dreaming of resistance. 



