Excerpt from Riding and Driving: An Useful Handbook of Valuable Information on Man's Most Faithful Friend the Horse The horse 1s a highly sensitive, intelligent creature, whose eyes, abnormally enlarging obj ects, cause him to see exaggeratedly, so that he acquires familiarity with persons and things; this defect impairs his utility. The close contact of rider and steed - for the perfect cavalier should become as one with his mount - so shares their feelings that the horse of a timorous youth will never show pluck, while a fearsome animal, on the contrary, will achieve wonders if ridden boldly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
