THE MIND OP THE HORSE 25 



Will, actions, motives of actions. 



Hoxo we can injlnence Ins will so as to secure 



the actions we desire. 



The horse is master of his own movements and 

 acts by his own will ; going or stopping and every 

 other movement is due to his ^\ ill. Even Avhen he 

 obeys tis he acts by his own will; he obeys and 

 performs an action which he is ordered to perform 

 because he has accepted the idea of doing so at 

 our invitation or command. 



The horse performs a movement because there 

 has first arisen in him the idea of doing it and 

 his will has then decided to carry it out. After 

 having conceived the idea of carrying out a move- 

 ment by an impulse of the Avill he conveys to his 

 nerves the command to execute it and these do so 

 by calling into action the corresponding muscles. 



Prom this it is seen that in order to teach him 

 any movement it is necessary to first call forth 

 in him by some means the idea of the movement 

 it is desired to teach him to make and afterwards 

 excite in him the will to do it. 



