24 ^OIV TO USE A HORSE. 



The story of Tarleton taming his 

 savage steed with bloody spurs, and the 

 vivid descriptions of the manner in which 

 the Mexican breaks the spirit of the mus- 

 tang, may pass to adorn the pages of 

 a romance, or to heighten the interest of 

 a travelers tale. But, aside from the 

 cruelty and peril of such methods, there 

 remains the fact that horses so broken 

 submit for the time only, and the struggle 

 is to be repeated more or less often. 

 Except in those rare cases of horses 

 naturally vicious, and they are lunatics, 

 fear is the mastering passion of the horse. 

 It is cowardice that drives him to despe- 

 rate resistance against the sway of his 

 master ; the effort that is successful in 

 ridding him of his tyrant suggests his 

 favorite vice. 



