5,0 TpE MIND OF THE HOUSE 



TJmif/s that someirhat modify liis mental qnalitm 

 and character. 



Instruction exercises and develops tlie mental 

 qijajities of the horse rendering them more apt 

 and ready and making him obedient. A good breed 

 usually brings with it intellectual and physical 

 qualities, sensibility and strength, in a greater degree 

 than a common breed. An exception oifered by 

 some pomparatively good individual of a poorer 

 breed does not alter the rule. A bad disposition is 

 worse in the specimen of a good breed because lie 

 is more intelligent. 



The condition of wildness due to good feeding 

 and lack of exercise results in a nervous restless- 

 ness which is a disease and makes him more sen- 

 sitive, more excitable, more inclined to oppose the 

 orders of mail, more susceptible of fear, more ready 

 to injure man. 



The horse in a vigorous condition is more dispo- 

 sed to resist our will than the weak horse. Work 

 and little food make horses quiet and almost in 

 sensible to our aids and to fear, and cover tlieir 



