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PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT, 



must be quick to see, delicate in feeling, with sufficient strength 

 of nerve to carry him through the severest trials without flinching 

 or showing weakness ; added to these, sufficient persistence and 

 patience to follow up every point of difficulty, no matter how great 

 the obstacle, until successful. If I may so word it, he must 

 have the delicacy of touch and feeling of a woman, the eye of an 

 eagle, the courage of a lion, and the hang-on pluck of a bull-dog. If 

 he is lacking in any one of these qualities it is a matter of chance 



Pig. 65.— As the Horse is Liable io Rear and Plunge, in his Resistance to being Thrown. 



only, in critical case's, that there will not, be accident or failure. 



Now, if you have n't these qualifications, you can exercise at 

 least that very important one of going slow, studying your case 

 thoroughly, using the greatest care possible, and being patient in 

 your efforts. This alone will frequently enable you to do wonders. 



Imagine yourself in the horse's place, unable to talk or under- 

 stand what is wanted to be done or the object of restraint, incited 

 perhaps by great fear or the resentment of previous long^-continued 

 abuse, to resist contact or restraint, and you will have the truest 

 instinct in pointing to the best course to b,e pursued. Not succeed- 

 ing, even after great effort, should by no means imply failure ; the 

 point is to look your difficulties over ' in their every phase, prepare 



