rut: in .v 



\ il>i:ui. ha-1 his little friend in tin- shape of a lamb, which would take any liberties with him. 



:IM I .. i- .1. ii- > .. in- ! to bvtt .' tbc UMM lhe> nmn 111 '! liia - : :-. '''. ' '. Gtodd 



phiii Ar.il'ian was al-> stroiiiih attached to a rat. which usually sat mi hi- hack. 01 n>--iled in 

 tin- i \Vlifii In- died, tin- rut pim-d away and soon followed her li>\<-l frii-iul. 



'I'll.-. . \.un|.l. - ar.' -uthcieiit tn -ho\\ that tin- ft-rncily of thc-e aliimaN wa- cau-ed by the 

 BfSfflect or ii:n >raiice of tlu-ir hiunati a .wiate-, who either iliil lint know lm\\ tn aroii-e the 



,].- !.. i. i!- feelings od the animal, 01 brutally despised and : u -. I I hem flu- I ! > - i" . 

 rniifh iiiuii- intellectual animal than is ^eiiemlh MppOMd, M wOl lx acknow l.-d^ed by an\ 

 <>n>' ul"> h:is possessed a favorite Horse, anil in-at.-l it with uniform kindness. 



Th. -I.- i- no in-*-*! for whip or spur \\hi-n tin- rider and -teed understand each other, ami the 

 bridle is reduced almost to a mere form, as tin- tourh of u fin^. i. ..r tin- ton.- f a v<i 



t<i tlinn-i theunima] Wean tU ' .iMiiii.n- A .;!, ;!,, elepluuitlM dnj boraai I|M' maf ii 



maj'>iifall\ aloiiir \\ith tlu-ir load of ra>ks, and which instaiitam-onsly olx-y the singular 

 \vhich continually issut- fmiii tin- thrtKits of tln-ir romlm toi>, and luick, stop, advami' 

 or turn t" tin- riu'lit or l-ft. \vitln.iit ii-ijiiirin^ tin- touch of a ivin or tin- Mow of a whip. Tin 1 

 inlliction of pain is a clumsy and harliuntus munncr of ^n id inn a Mm-.-, ami \M-.shall m-vt-r 

 reap tin- full valm- of tin- animal until \\.- hav- It-anii-d to respti-t it- f.-.-linns. and to shun the 

 infliction of tortuiv as a lnntal, a fowanlly. and an unnecetttary act. To main. -at a child is 

 always held to lx- a cowardh and unmanly act. and it i- i-qnally cowardly and unworthy l tin- 

 human chaiactcr to maltii-at a |>or animal which has no possiliilty of n-vi-niri 1 , no IIO|H- of 

 n -dress, and no woiil- to mak.- it- wnm^s known. Pain is pain, wli.-th.-r inllictt-<l on man or 

 U-ast, and wt- an- itjiially ii--]Hin-il>li- in eitln-r ca--. 



As an unpn-judiced obsen'er, with no purpose to flervc. and without l>ia- in cither direc- 

 tion. I cannot h-n- p-fniin from ol.-.-r\ imr. that Mr. Uaivv's m.-tho<l of lirin^im: tin- llor-i- 

 under suliji^-tion is a con-idi-nilih- stt-p in tin- riu'ht direction, and a vi-ry nr.-at im]iro\i-iin-nt on 

 the cruel and savage method which is HO often employed )>y ooarae and i^ r nonint im-n. and truly 

 called " lireakin^." Having reputedly v.-itnesstl the successful <>|>eratioiis of that p-ntleinan, 

 in -ulHluing Horses that had jm-vionsly defied all efforts, I cannot be jH-i-suaded that it is a 

 cruel process. The method by which it is achieved is now sufficiently familiar, and I will 

 only observe, that the idea is a true and philosophical one. The Hor-e i- mostly tierce because 

 it is nervous, and bite- and kicks, not In-cause it is enraged, but because it is alarmed. Restore 

 confidence, and the creature In-come- quiet, without any desire to use its hi Mil- and ti-elh in an 

 aggressive manner. It is clearly ini]K>ssihle to do so as long as the animal is at lil>.-i t\ to 

 annihilate its teacher, and the strap is only used until the Horse i- convinced that the pre-eiice 

 of a human form, or the touch of a human hand, has nothing of the terrible in it. Confidence 

 soon take- tin- place of fear, and the animal si-ems to receive its teacher at once into its good 

 graces, follow ing him like a dog, and nibbing its nose against his shoulder. 



The ingenuity of the Horse is very considerable, and the creature will voluntarily jn-rform 

 acts that display a considerable amount of intellect. From a numlier of anecdotes relating to 

 the intellectual powers of the Horse, I select the following, some of them entirely original, and 

 others very little known. 



An orchard had been repeatedly stripped of its best and rijM--t fruit, and the maraud, i - 

 had laid their plan- so cunningly that the stride-t vigilance could not detect them. At last 

 the depredators were discovered to be a mare and her colt which were turned out to graze 

 among the trees. The mare was seen to go up to one of the apple-trees and to throw herself 

 again-t the trunk so violently that a shower of rii- apples came tumbling down. She and her 

 offspring then ate the fallen apples, and the same process was repeated at another tree. 

 Another mare had discovered the secret of the water-butt, and whenever she was thirsty, was 

 accustomed to go to the butt, turn the tap with her teeth, drink until her thirst was satisfied, 

 and then to clo-e th.- tap airiin. I have heard of two animal- which performed this feat, but 

 on.- of them was not clever enough to turn the tap back again, and used to let all the water 

 run to waste. 



A careless groom was ordered to prepare a mash for one of the Horses placed under his 

 care, and after making a thin, unsati-fa.tory mixture, he hastily threw a quantity of chaff on 



