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FIG. 189. Different kinds of horses: draft horse (at the left), Shetland 

 pony, trotter (at the right). 



The Indian ponies of the northern tribes, and the small Shet- 

 land ponies from the islands north of Scotland are well known. 



Few animals 

 respond as quickly 

 and intelligently 

 to kind treatment 

 II&S^PK. as does the horse, 



'? and so little de - 



serve the ill treat- 

 ment they so fre- 

 quently undergo. 

 The most "vi- 

 cious" horses can 

 be made gentle 

 by kindness; even 

 the "bucking 

 broncho " (figure 

 190) can be thus 

 subdued by a 



FIG. 190. Bucking broncho. 



person having both patience and good will. 



