HOW OBEDIENCE IS TAUGHT U>9 



The ascendancy of love is created over the 

 horse hy means of some aids, of good associations 

 coupled with our person, i. e. good treatment and 

 pleasures, and the ascendancy of fear is created 

 by giving him by means of other aids and |>w«i- 

 shments, associations of superiority coupled with our 

 person, i. e. letting him see that he can be pre- 

 vented from following his own impulses, and that 

 he can be given associations of pain, i. e. punish- 

 ments if he performs actions which are not desired 

 and if he does not perform the actions wich Jie is 

 told to do in a way proportionate to his intelli- 

 gence. By this means benevolence and superiority 

 are shewn him and his confidence and obedience 

 are obtained. After obtaining obedience it is main- 

 tained by keeping the horse between caresses on 

 the one hand and threats and punishments on the 

 other if wanted. 



If we desire to acquire influence over a person 

 we do not begin by ill—treatinf/ that person, as 

 ill-treatment would excite anger, hatred and enmi- 

 ty, but we begin by doing Mnd offices towards him. 

 Thus, in order to obtain obedience from the horse 



