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TEAE. 



THE NATURE OF FEAR IN THE HORSE 



AND HOW IT MU>ST BE DEALT WITH. 



HOW HE CAN BE TAUGT NOT TO BE AFRAID 



What is fear. 



Fear is a sudden involuntary nervous commo- 

 tion produced by the conception of an idea of being 

 in danger, or believing oneself in danger. In tlic 

 horse it is occasioned — by objects Avhich he sees, 

 — by noises he hears — by punishments, — by 

 real evils, — by feeling himself touched by objects 

 by which he is not accustomed to be touched, the 

 more so if unexpectedly, — by animals that threa- 

 ten him, — or <dojects coming against him. — It 

 is due to the instinct of self-preservation com- 

 mon to all animals, 



