CHAPTER VIII 



THE EDUCATION OP THE COLT 



IT is as true of our colts as it is of our boys 

 and girls that in their development and edu- 

 cation a great many mistakes are made. 

 They are misunderstood; driven when they ought 

 to be led and led when they ought to be driven; 

 often cruelly punished when not to blame, or al- 

 lowed to defy us with impunity when wholesome 

 correction is needed. But there is less excuse 

 for these errors of judgment when dealing with 

 colts, for, although we might, perhaps, be sup- 

 posed to understand human nature, intuitively, we 

 most assuredly do not; and, as equine nature is 

 less complicated than human, it is easier to learn 

 to understand it. 



In a previous chapter I have pointed out some 

 of the limitations of horse nature, the horse's way 

 of reasoning almost wholly from experience, and 

 how all really scientific training is based upon 

 taking advantage of these limitations. In the case 

 of the unbroken colt, two other things should al- 

 ways be remembered: First, that horses are, by 

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