CHAPTER FIFTEEN 

 TRAINING VS. BREAKING 



As has been frequently remarked before in this 

 volume, the horse is not a very intelligent animal. 

 Nor has he any of that natural affection and 

 fidelity that is so remarkable in the dog. This be- 

 ing the case — and it is so no matter what the 

 sentimentalists who know nothing about the sub- 

 ject may say — the training of a young horse is a 

 thing requiring much patient intelligence on the 

 part of the person who undertakes the job. But 

 this patience is rewarded if the young horse have 

 qualities that are worthy of development. I fancy 

 that seven horses out of ten in the United States 

 are broken before their training begins. This 

 means, in my opinion, that a large percentage of 

 a horse's value is deliberately thrown away in 

 the very beginning of his career of usefulness. 

 A horse broken is a horse half spoiled. The 



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