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SECOND. That there is a clear understanding of such 

 principles of addressing the reason as will convey to it 

 most clearly the idea of what is required to be done. 



THIRD. That there is a knowledge of such principles of 

 subjection as will enable guiding and controlling the ani- 

 mal in such ways and to such extremes as may be desired 

 in his education. 



In a word, the superior strength of the horse must be 

 fully and unconditionally held or made passive to control, 

 any excessiveness of the fears and passions prevented, while 

 the reason is addressed and won to a perfect understand- 

 ing of what is required to be done. Experience proves 

 that horses resist control to the degree they learn it possible 

 to do so. 



EXCESSIVE FEAR MUST BE PREVENTED. 



That excessive fear, even, of a few moments' time, from 

 any cause, may so derange and excite the mind as to spoil 

 and pervert the character for life. That the excitement of 

 the passions only stimulates resistance and confuses the un- 

 derstanding. That almost any horse can be taught and 

 made to do anything of which he is capable, if properly 

 shown and treated kindly and patiently. On the contrary, 

 if excited and abused, his whole nature is stimulated to 

 resistance. Hence, if we would not excite resistance or 

 excessive fear, of objects or other causes, we must bring 

 them to notice in such a manner as to both prevent excit- 

 ing the fears and convince the horse of their harmless 

 character until fully reconciled to their presence. 



FOURTH. The inability of the horse to understand articu- 

 lated language, implies the necessity of conveying to the 

 mind clearly the idea of what is required to be done. 



FIFTH. That the great strength of the horse is so neutral- 

 ized and controlled at will, as to make prompt submission 

 to man a necessity. 



Now while my principles as I have illustrated and proved 

 will enable avoiding all those supposed great difficulties in 

 training and handling horses, and cause results that in 

 many instances appear wonderful, it must be evident they 

 are, as well as all other principles, only rules, by the use of 

 which certain results are to be secured, and their chief 

 value in practice must depend upon the judgment used in 



