GENERAL REMARKS. 



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Now the horse is liable to be excited and deranged in the same 

 manner. It is well understood how difficult it is to get horses out of 

 a burning building ; and if by blindfolding, etc., they are taken out, 

 when given freedom their confusion and excitement is so intense 

 that they are apt to rush back into the fire. On the sudden ap- 

 proach of a train, or blowing of the whistle, a horse in crossing the 

 track is liable to become so paralyzed that it cannot be forced across 



Pis. 158. 



Fig. 159. Fig. 160. 



Contrasts ol Character. 



Fig. 161. 



horse 



in time to prevent a collision. It is not uncommon to have a 



frightened to death in this way.- 



To illustrate, I will include an account of a few such cases that 



comprise the record of a few days only : — 



" In Rochester, N. Y., the other day, a horse was so frightened at an engine letting off 

 ■team, thaf it trembled, and in a moment fell dead from fright." 



"At White Plains, N. Y., a horse was so frightened by a locomotive whistle that he 

 dropped dead." 



" Two very remarkable cases of horses being frightened to death occurred in Fairmount 

 Park, Phil., within the past few days. Last Thursday the horse of P. Wallace, of Seventeenth 

 and Catherine streets, became unmanageable, through fright at a train pf cars on Mifflin Lane. 

 The occupants of the carriage alighted, and Mr. Wallace undertook to drive the horse off to 

 quiet It, when it dropped dead. 



" During Monday the horse of Mr. Zeiss, Ridge Avenue and Jefferson Street, ran away from 

 fright at a passing steamboat. Guard Ledlie caught the animal, when Mr. Zeiss said he could 

 then manage the horse, and started off. The horse went off all right for about 60 yards, when 

 he again ran away and went 15 or 20 feet, when he dropped dead." 



Colts or unbroken bOrses are especially susceptible to fear. Al- 

 most every step in their management, as shown in Colt Training, 

 lies in overcoming resistance excited by fear. It js the principal 

 cause of kicking and running away, as well as many other annoying 

 or dangerous habits, which make the horse partially or wholly 

 worthless for use. 



A colt that once had the habit of feeding around and poaching 

 in neighboring yards, was so gentle and indifferent to fear that he 

 could scarcely be driven away. In order to frighten him off, an old 



