SPIRIT OF THE HORSE 8i 



the horse was famous. This is the only case I 

 have known of unprovoked, carefully planned, 

 and deliberate crime, as distinguished from 

 self-defence. 



Vices are human quaUties. The worst 

 possible vices with regard to a horse are, 



To show fear. 



Meanness or neglect in fending for him. 



Cruelty or ill-temper. 



v. THE SPIRIT OF THE HORSE. 



The young of the church and of the uni- 

 versities who know all about everything, and 

 attach a deal of importance to their funny httle 

 opinions, are quite agreed that the lower 

 animal is an " it " as automatic as a slot 

 machine. Put in a penny and the machine 

 utters a box of matches. Put in food and the 

 animal develops energy. So much is per- 

 fectly true of animals and men, for our bodies 

 are automatic. 



Moreover, the animal has " instincts " which 

 impel '' it " to beget a foal or a Utter of 

 puppies. Humans, with the same instincts 

 are impelled to beget a bumptious young 

 bacteriologist, or a pair of curates. 



In a hke way the wolf, the Christian, or the 

 tiger mates with one wife, while the horse and 

 the Moslem both prefer a harem. 



