66 THE MIND OF THE HOUSE 



man of great ability is in continuous danger on a 

 bad natured horse. 



The second good quality is his willingness to 

 nioTe, his advancing or moving in response to the 

 slightest aids. Locomotion is almost everything in 

 tlie horse, as in this lies his serviceableness, and 

 motion is necessary in order to put him in a good 

 position and collect him so that he may be me- 

 chanically controlled. 



Idleness is the negation of all this and of the 

 essential quality of the horse. It is at times due 

 to weakness and to insufficient food. If due to tliis 

 cause the horse on first starting lets us see that 

 he would be willing to go, although he grows 

 rapidly fatigued. 



It is also necessary that he should duly feel 

 aids and punisliments, as these are the only means 

 we have of acting upon him. I say duly because 

 if he, feels them too )nuch, that is if their action 

 upon him is in morbid excess they cannot be used 

 as they would make him run a^vay, and if he feels 

 them too little they are of no aA^ail. Great timi- 

 dity and fear are a grave inconvenience and a hin- 



