40'"^ THE MIND OP THE HOBSE 



by employing various aids and punishments simul- 

 taneously. To defend oneself against a dog and 

 prevent attack we need one stick to keep liini occu- 

 pied and another stick to strike him. He pays at- 

 tention to the stick held before him and in the 

 meantime he can be attacked with the other stick. 

 This is the secret of Balassa' s method of teaching 

 horses to allow themseh'^es to be shod by keeping 

 them occupied with the cavesson and not allowing 

 them to pay attention to the man lifting and hol- 

 ding their foot. 



Tilings- he understands naUiraUy and xoliich have 

 mjtuenee ivpon him. 



A horse of a really vicious nature does not 

 allow himself to be affected either by good treat- 

 ment or by punishment, and only yields to actual 

 physical force and compulsion, and then only for 

 so long as it lasts. For tliis reason the really vicious 

 horse cannot be trained and cannot be used for 

 riding. 



