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if they ever threw stones at me agahi he would horse-whip them. We 

 were then taken back to the stable. We were taken out to the yard 

 every fine day after that and left there for a few hours, and I soon became 

 stronger. W^hen I was two weeks old I had my photograph taken. You 

 can see by it that I was tall and slight, and that my knees had not yet 

 become quite straight. When I was about three weeks old we were taken 

 out as usual. A third man was leading my brother, who was a year 

 old. His name is Banbury. Instead of leading us to the yard as usual 

 they took us in the opposite direction, down a long street, until we came 

 to a gate. They led us through this gate into a field, took off" our 

 halters and set us at liberty. There was plenty of good grass in the 

 field and a stream of nice cool, clear water running through it. Ban- 

 bury and I had anv amount of fun running and kicking up our heels ; our 



mother would occasionally 

 join us in our frolic, but 

 usually she would just look 

 on. I soon discovered that 

 grass tasted nice, and I used 

 to eat all I could. The 

 weather was warm, and we 

 stayed in the field day and 

 night. There was plenty 

 of grass and good water, 

 and we had a good time 

 with nothing to do but eat, 

 drink, play, and sleep. Af- 

 ter a while, the grass be- 

 came rather dry and less 

 F,o.94.-Tombov when two weeks oM. plentiful, and the flies be- 



gan to torment us durmg 

 the dav time. Our master soon noticed this, and every morning, about 

 the time that the flies were beginning to trouble us, he would mount his 

 wheel and ride down to the gate, which he would open. Then he would 

 whistle ; and as soon as we would hear him we would all gallop up to hun, 

 when he would put a halter on my mother and lead her out of the gate. We 

 would follow, and he would then shut the gate, mount his wheel, and start 

 towards home. Banbury and I would sometimes run ahead and sometimes 

 lag behind ; but we never got far away. We all were taken to the stable 

 and put into our stalls, the windows of which were darkened to keep the 

 flies out. Ernest then gave us some nice new hay and crushed oats, hav- 

 ing nailed a little box up in one corner of the stall, just the proper height 

 for me to eat out of. I was too small to reach my mother's feed box. 

 When evening arrived, we were taken back to the field, as the flies 

 did not bother us now, and it was better for us to be out than in the 

 stable, and we liked it better. This was done every day until the weather 

 became colder in the fall, and the nights were so cold that we would be 

 uncomfortable in the field. The flies had mostly all disappeared by this 

 time, so we were kept in the stable at night and turned out in the day 

 time. After a time the weather became so cold that we were not taken 



