EXCESSIVE FEAR-CAUSES AND TREAT- 

 MENT OF. 



FEAR requires more than a passing notice. It is the cause, 

 or principle one, of the most dangerous and difficult habits 

 to break up, showing a disease of the mind, or mania, and 

 as such its consideration is at the foundation of the princi- 

 pal bad habits to which horses are subject. Fear causes the 

 colt to resist control, to kick, run away, resist an umbrella, 

 robe, cars, and all unusual objects and sounds. These 

 marked derangements are often the result of causes in 

 themselves of a trifling character. 



Thus, a colt is suddenly excited by the appearance of an 

 umbrella, and it is afterwards an object of terror to him. A 

 horse may be driven for months, or even years, but at some; 

 unlooked-for moment the breeching perhaps breaks, allowing- 

 the shafts or cross-pieces to strike the heels, perhaps causing 

 the unsuspecting animal to spring, kick and run away. 

 The impression by this one act makes a wagon an object of 

 terror, and he refuses contact with it afterwards, and thus 



