The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



you smeU of OATS, carry OATS, and 



actually give OATS with your hand ! 



(c.) You are enormously stronger than he 



is. Nevertheless not only do you not 



hurt him, but you give him all sorts 



of strange pleasures he has never 



known before. 



{d.) It is safe and pleasant to trust any 



part of his body to be handled by you. 



(e.) It is safe, and not unpleasant, to allow 



you to lean, lie and sit upon his body. 

 (/.) When a strange puU from you comes 

 upon the head, it has to be obeyed 

 and followed because it must. Any- 

 way, why any resistance, when noth- 

 ing to hurt follows ? 

 A dog looks upon a man as a God immeasur- 

 ably above him, and fawns upon him. A 

 horse, in the most perfect and intimate 

 relationship with a man, regards him as his 

 equal, his honoured comrade, to whom it is 

 his delight to give precedence and to serve, 

 but socially his equal and no more. It is just 

 his most beautiful sense of equality and 

 conu-adeship, which, when a man has the wit 

 or gift fully to perceive and understand it, 

 makes the horse such a priceless companion 

 and friend. To win the real active love of a 

 horse is a wonderful experience, something to 

 remember and be thankful for, for all one's life. 

 It is so pure and unselfish. He will do any- 



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