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Many others having once found themselves su- 

 perior to man and having seen their greater strength 

 and the weakness of man can no h)nger be per- 

 suaded to desist from attacks. In our countries 

 entires are generally excited by their instincts to 

 paw and bite and are not susceptible of correction. 

 Some are bad even though not entires but these are 

 rare. Many horses attack if no attention is paid to 

 them and do not attack if they are being observed. 

 Others attack heeding neither menaces nor punish- 

 ment. 



Oppositions and reactions against man and rider; 

 causes; how tliey may he overcome. 



The horse offers opposition to man and to the 

 rider by not doing what the man or the rider re- 

 quires him to do and by desiring to carry out his 

 own impulses against the will of man or the rider. 

 These oppositions consist in the wisli of the horse 

 to have his own way; to stop and not to go any 

 further v/lien the man or the rider requires him 

 to go on ; to refuse to turn when man or the rider 



