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leave home, and not when arrived at tlie scene of 

 action. 



Then as to " the kind of halter." We generally 

 use a leather one, in preference to a hempen, or, as 

 Mr. Rarey calls it, a ro^e halter^ so that there is 

 nothing very novel in this suggestion. Before 

 using the halter, wq have remarks on the horse in 

 these words : — " But before we attempt to do any- 

 thing more with the colt, I will give you some of 

 the characteristics of his nature, that you may better 

 understand his motions. Every one that has ever 

 paid any attention to the horse has noticed his 

 natural inclination to smell everything which to 

 him looks new and frightful. This is their strange 

 mode of examining everything." Here is a strange 

 contradiction y since if it is his natural inclination 

 (as before stated) to smell everything, it cannot be 

 a strange method of examining everything. In 

 fact, it is not pecuHar to the horse to examine 

 unusual objects by scent as well as touch ; all ani- 

 mals instinctively adopt the same course of pro- 

 ceeding — tame as well as wild — even down to the 

 timid hare. It is unnecessary, therefore, to notice 

 further, " the experiment with the rope," or '' the 

 suggestions on the habit of smelling." We are 

 told that it is " di prevailing opinion among horse- 

 men generally that the sense of smell is the 



