GENERAL NOTES. 



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A nervous man cannot hope to have 

 any success with horses. I do not, by this, 

 make reference to the well-known fact that 

 a horse will assume the mastery of a timid 

 rider, but I mean to say that if the trainer 

 is lacking in the composure necessary to 

 establish a confidence in the horse, his 

 labor will be vain and the horse will be- 

 come shy and suspicious. 



The reason for this effect upon the 

 horse is that in any unusual position he de- 

 pends upon the man for encouragement, 

 but if he finds that the rider is disturbed 

 the animal will think that there is some- 

 thing wrong, and will be ready to take 

 alarm at anything that his quick imagina- 

 tion clothes with danger. 



It is a common case for a rogue of a 

 horse to play the tyrant with a timid rider, 



