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meet with quick and sharp penalties, but 

 I have never seen good results follow such 

 treatment ; while, on the other hand, I 

 have never known patient kindness fail to 

 conquer the most stubborn animals. 



Besides other advantages of the course 

 I recommend, it reduces the dangers of 

 training to a minimum ; and the only In- 

 jury I have received in schooling many 

 horses, a very slight one, I am happy to 

 say, was the result of an angry blow given 

 to a young horse who tried my patience 

 beyond the bounds of my philosophy. 

 This lesson was not lost upon me, and I 

 have found the same horse perfectly docile 

 when treated with firmness and kindness. 



The spur and whip must be used, but 

 the horse should not look upon them as 

 instruments of punishment, and It Is sur- 



