The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11
SHYlNG HORSES,
The Habit Usually tho Result Of ConstItu.
tionat Pcruliarities.

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tionat PccuIiarities.
There are many troublesome habits OF
which horses can be entirely cured, but
the shying horse may never entirely
overcome the faulty habit. The ques-
ton Is asked Why make an exception
In the case of this particular fault?
Simply because II comes OF constitu-
tional peeuliarities inherent In tho ami
nal, and will only die with him. Tho
habit may, To be sure, be partially over
come but Is very likely TO manifest It.
self u~ndsrscesain circumstances. Tho
aust OF shying are, We may say, first,
timidity; some horses are constantly
haunted with the idea that they ara IN
danger OF being hurt. They arc said to
be nervous, but this only in part OK.
plains the trouble, for q horse may DO
nervous In the direction Of oxcitabiltty-
desire to rush ahead-pulling on the
bit lie may show Il In restlessness
when hltched by paving and stepping
forward and back the length Of his
hitching-strap, and IN other ways. and
yet not have the habit Of shying. Some
say that the horse. In his mental compost.
ton, has very little In common with the
master. No error could be greater than
this. One Of the business mems best and
most reliable safeguards against losses.
through bad bargains and bad debts. i
the sentiment Of caution. An excess of
this gives rise to fear-fear where no
danger Is present. Fear Of danger In
the man Is q sentiment, excited to ac-
tivity by a consideration Of certain OBJ
Iccts or circumstances that are imagined
or supposed TO have danger In them.
This, In the man. Is not instinct, vet Il
Is just as nea being instinct In the man
as in the horse. Then. again, there i
the faculty OF elose observation, which
certain individuals have. The man
possessed Of this In liberal measure.
when travelling. sees and remembers
objects passed on theroad. At the end
OF q journey he can describe every OBJ.
icct Of note passed. lie may have A
travelling companion, who. ut the end Of
tie same journey. can describe nothing
In has passed upon the road. MANY
horses 20 over q strange road. appear.
ing 10 take no cognizance Of ANYTHING.
Another horse may follow that sees az
cry object. and II he should return over
the same road. he will seem 10 anllci.
pate his approach to every object that
has, in an especial manner. attracted
his attention. II n horse having this
strong trait Of observation has large
caution conjoincd with Il. he will. nine
times ont Of ten. have the habit of shy.
ing. Thus, a horse with caution, anda
faculty for seeing everything no passes,
having been startled by n piece OF
paper, or a tumble weed being blown
under him or against his legs, may
never get over shying NJ those p%artiru.
lar objects. lie may have stepped upon
= broken hoop. a. VIC knew a tlmld
horse 10 do. this flying up and striking
sharply against his legs. aud ever after.
that horse wonld shy NJ . piece Of hoop.
The idea Is advanced by some that shy-
ing comes In many cases from defective
vision. Such n defect may now and
then exist. but shying can. In nearly
every case. be demonstrated 10 b. dc.
pendent upon N. influences pointed out
above. II would be Just n rational 10
say that a timid soldier. advancing 10
ward a threatening enemies front. was
scared. aud fiinched because. through a
defect Of vision. he saw = score Of glitter.
ing hayoneis In close proximity 70 him.
The trouble with the soldier i, not
that he see indiferensly, but that
he lacks courage. lie Is ike a shyinr
horse, afraid 81 grtting hurt IN his perl
son. Many a horse that SHES at a loose
psece Of paper win 20 up 10 a locomo.
live. or fire engine. without fear. lie
has become gradually accustomed 10
the locomotive. perhaps from seeinr h
pass daily through the farm on which
he was rpsred. while he mar have been
unexpectedly hy some iriainr
1T which. mainly through cuE
= timidity born In him. he forms
= fixed habit Of shying. II l. not alone
the horse that shes Man makes 4
around any object he wants
avoid All animals do The same
Thing. binl& in their flight. circle /
around suspicious obiects In all cases
Ihis circiing around 10 give q wide berth
% objects considered dangerous. comes
rom fear. and shyinx In The case Of he
horse has origin from the same seati-
aleA1 The ours, L cured Aa ever !
mat coms through convincing he judr
neut-fur The hor~e has infellirenee |
nd iudGuent-tkst HI fear a dsnrer
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