
On Horsemanship, by Xenophon, Part 1
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The Right Method of Breaking a Cult
The right method of breaking a cult needs no description at our hands. It far more often happens that an ugly looking cult will turn out serviceable, than that a full of the above description will turn out ugly or defective. The groom should have standing orders to take his charge through crowds and to make him familiar with all sorts of sights and noises. A good deal can be done by touching, stroking, patting those parts of the body which the creature likes to have so handled. These are the hairiest parts, or where, if there is anything annoying him, the horse can least of all apply relief himself.
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