[Sidenote: Work Steadily]
A certain young man who owned a fine colt undertook to break him
himself, although he had had no experience in training horses. The colt
was high-spirited and difficult to control, the young man impatient and
nervous. When the colt did not do as he was expected to _immediately_,
the young man was apt to lose his temper and use the lash pretty
roughly.
One day an experienced horseman watched such a performance from across
the street. The young man gave the colt several beatings in succession,
the horse becoming more and more difficult to handle all the while.
After the horseman had watched a long time in silence, he called to the
colt’s owner, “Put up your whip, young man, and hold the lines tight and
steady and you will find that your colt will act differently.” The young
man acted upon the suggestion and found that he could claim immediate
success.