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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: him--not by cruel, but by gentle handling--that they are not really
formidable.
[9] Or, "is disposed to shy."
On this topic, then, of training,[10] the rules here given will, I
think, suffice for any private individual.
[10] Or, "In reference to horsebreaking, the above remarks will
perhaps be found sufficient for the practical guidance of an
amateur."
III
To meet the case in which the object is to buy a horse already fit for
riding, we will set down certain memoranda,[1] which, if applied
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