AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



Courage 



S in the choice of a horse and a wife 

 a man must please himself, ignor- 

 ing the opinion and advice of 

 friends, so in the governing of 

 each it is unwise to follow out 

 any fixed system of discipline. 

 Much depends on temper, 

 education, mutual understand- 

 and surrounding circumstances. 

 not be heated to recklessness, 

 caution should be implied rather than ex- 

 hibited, and confidence is simply a question of 

 time and place. It is as difficult to explain by 

 precept or demonstrate by example how force, 

 balance, and persuasion ought to be combined in 

 horsemanship, as to teach the art of floating in 

 the water or swimming on the back. Practice 

 in either case alone makes perfect, and he is the 

 most apt pupil who brings to his lesson a good 

 opinion of his own powers and implicit reliance 

 on that which carries him. Trust the element 

 or the animal and you ride aloft superior to 



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