"When the time has come to dismount, the rider must never dismount among other horses or near a group of people or outside the riding-ground; but let the place where the horse is forced to work be the place where he also receives his reward of ease." (Someday I want to have this quotation hanging in my barn)
"It is correct also to exercise the horse sometimes in one place, sometimes in another, and to make the exercises sometimes long and sometimes short; for this is less irksome to the horse than being exercised always in the same place and for the same length of time." (And this one hanging in or around my arena)
Xenophon, The Art of Horsemanship, 430 BC - 354 BC
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Xenophon
"Besides, the mane, forelock and tail have been given to the horse by the gods as an ornament."
"The one best rule and practice in dealing with a horse is never to approach him in anger; for anger is a reckless thing, so that it often makes a man do what he must regret."
"Moreover, when the horse is shy of anything and will not come near it, you should teach him that there is nothing to be afraid of, either with the help of a plucky horse—which is the surest way—or else by touching the object that looks alarming yourself, and gently leading the horse up to it."
Xenophon, The Art of Horsemanship, 430 BC - 354 BC
"The one best rule and practice in dealing with a horse is never to approach him in anger; for anger is a reckless thing, so that it often makes a man do what he must regret."
"Moreover, when the horse is shy of anything and will not come near it, you should teach him that there is nothing to be afraid of, either with the help of a plucky horse—which is the surest way—or else by touching the object that looks alarming yourself, and gently leading the horse up to it."
Xenophon, The Art of Horsemanship, 430 BC - 354 BC
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