CHAPTER IX. 



VICES, TRICKS, AND FAULTS. 



The severity with which a horse has 

 been punished for a fault is, usually, the 

 measure of the violence with which he will 

 repeat it. It is this violence that makes 

 the horse so dangerous in his rebellion, for 

 until he loses his reason he will take care 

 not to injure himself, and so in a measure 

 protects his rider. 



Few young horses are dangerous in 

 their resistances until they have met with 

 cruel treatment. It is seldom that a colt 



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