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assurance of making other parts so ; or accustoming a colt to an ob- 

 ject such as a piece of white paper, blanket, or other ordinary causes 

 of exciting fear, making him gentle to 

 having it brought near or placed upon 

 one part of the body, is no guarantee, 

 of his being fearless of it when brought 

 to other parts ; that making one 



Fig. 199. 



Ideals oi Sullen, Treacherous Natures. 



Fig. 200. 



part gentle in handling will not make another so. Thus, for ex- 

 ample, we bring a handkerchief to the nose, and it is soon submitted 

 to. Now, if it be suddenly thrown under the belly, or over the back, 

 and especially if thrown from behind, it will be found to excite as 

 much fear as if the horse had not before seen or felt it. So in accus- 

 toming the body to being handled. Making the fore legs gentle to 

 be handled is no assurance of the hind legs being so. In making 



Fig. 301. Fig. 202. 



Ideal Expressions of Determined, Fighting Kickers. 



experiments, I frequently illustrated this very clearly by making 

 one of the hind legs or quarters gentle to being handled or taken 

 up, yet showing that the opposite leg would be resisted as much as 



