182 HOW THE HOKSB LEAENS 



resisted going forward. If lie is afraid to go into 

 the water, seeing a man or another horse go in is 

 the most persuasive argument to induce him to do 

 so. Seeing another horse pass over a small obsta- 

 cle incites him to try to pass over it. The man 

 who, having stood still Avith him, begins to walk, 

 invites him to imitate and follow him. The man 

 who stops whilst walking in front or at the side 

 of him invites the horse to imitate him and stop. 



This is due also in great part to the action of 

 being pulled forward by the lounge which he felt 

 when the man was advancing, and from the phy- 

 sical opposition which the man made him feel 

 with the lounge on stopping, which things he re- 

 members. 



If he is afraid of any object and does not wish 

 to pass it, seeing the man or another horse go 

 ahead is the best mode of persuading him to pass 

 it and of getting rid of his fear. It is understood 

 that the man must have gained the confidence of 

 the horse. If he were afraid of the man he would 

 not be encouraged to pass the object of fear becau- 

 se he would be afraid even of following the man. 



