228 FEAR 



Fear renders the horse dangerous. Great fear 

 bewilders his mind, and dominates it, so as to pre- 

 vent him from feeling aids and punishments. He 

 does not see nor look at anything but the object 

 of fear from which he flees, and very often in or- 

 der to avoid an imaginary danger created by fear, 

 he will dash over a precipice. He will go over 

 a precipice backwards from fear of an object ad- 

 vancing towards him, or also for fear of punish- 

 ments inflicted on him in front. When frightened 

 by a noise he does not know where he is going, 

 but he runs. There are horses which from fear of 

 things thrown and animals which they see moving 

 and running suddenly give way in the forelegs so 

 as to almost fall. Many when they have fallen 

 become so discouraged that they do not get up vo- 

 luntarily, and must be excited to get up. 



Tear makes them go through extraordinary 

 moiions, and jump over imusual obstacles, thus 

 making many horses appear more willing to go and 

 of a better breed than they are. Dealers frighten 

 their horses in order to give them a fine and wil- 

 ling appearance in their gaits. 



