116 HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 



reason, and they will not correct him, hut will 

 only anger him and provoke him to revolt. 



Hie associations which are given him for the 

 purpose of teaching him the actions ive desire to teach 

 him to perform should be — of things that his intelli- 

 gence can understand — in the wag he can understand 

 them — and of things suited to give rise to the ideas 

 of the actions ive desire to teach him to perforin, 

 to maJce him understand ivhat toe tvish him to do. — 

 The same associations should alvjays be used to in- 

 dicate the same actions, and the movements it is de- 

 sired to teach him should be those which his body 

 cam, maTce, and for the making of ivhieh it has been 

 prepared. 



The actions it is desired to teach him should 

 be associated firstly with things that he understands 

 naturally or things which he has already learnt. 

 He himself understands being drawn forward \>J 

 short intermittent pulls with the lounge which are 

 invitations to go forward from the association of 



