132 FEAB—ITS EFFECTS. 



tin pail was tied to his tail and a dog set on him. At first he cared 

 nothing about it, but when he started to run, the pail rattled and 

 thumped against his heels so severely that he became frightened, 

 and kicked. The faster he ran, the more the pail rattled and 

 thumped against his legs, and he ran until he was exhausted. As 

 thq result, his nervous system was so shaken and injured that after- 

 ward the stirring of the grass, or drawing of a stick on the ground 

 behind him, would so excite him that he would scringe, switch, and 

 kick. 



The effect is the same upon a colt or horse which by some ac- 

 cident or imprudence has been excited to kick and run away while 



Fig. 162.— Excited by Fear. 



hitched to a wagon. The striking of the wagon against the' legs in 

 kicking, makes him think it is the wagon hitting and hurting him* 

 and he tries in the most desperate manner to get away or free him- 

 self from it ; so the fear, kicking, and running are increased untif 

 freed from the wagon, disabled, or caught. Thus the wagon be- 

 comes the same in respect to frightening and exciting the horse and 

 spoiling him, that the tin pail was in frightening the colt. The same 

 effect, of exciting and frightening the horse as by sudden or unex- 

 pected contact with objects or sounds/ are produced in various ways. 

 Now, as these difficulties are entirely preventable by proper treat- 

 ment, the importance of understanding and applying it can be ap- 

 preciated. 



A horse's way of reasoning is limited to his experience in see- 

 ing, hearing, and feeling. When convinced in this way that an ob- 



