Horses trained by voice and kindness work as willing friends, not machines

Evidence

I could have ridden him a hundred miles as easily as thirty. We have only been together two days, yet we are firm friends, and thoroughly understand each other. I should not require another companion on a long mountain tour. All his ways are those of an animal brought up without curb, whip, or spur, trained by the voice, and used only to kindness, as is happily the case with the majority of horses in the Western States. Consequently, unless they are broncos, they exercise their intelligence for your advantage, and do their work rather as friends than as machines. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 95

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ethos of gentle horsemanship described in A Midwife’s Tale’s colonial-era New England and to the reader’s broader interest in frontier animal culture. — connects to: Effective cooperation does not require trust among animals — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 245

Broader Connections

• Effective cooperation does not require trust among animals #contradicts (0.88) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 245