The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



them of more interest than he thought. After 

 having gone through this process with about 

 three lumps, he will have caught on to the 

 idea, and will himself ask for more. In the 

 case of a few horses, they really don't like 

 the sweet taste at first, but persevere and they 

 will come to it. It is a curious fact that those 

 who at first obstinately refuse it, in the end 

 become generally the more passionately fond 

 of it. When a horse is accustomed to take 

 sugar, he will always lick your fingers, and 

 some few will suck them. It becomes a very 

 special pleasure to him, and he will suck or lick 

 your fingers for as long as you let him. The 

 practice has one great practical advantage. 

 A horse, who has become accustomed to lick 

 or suck your fingers, will never, under any cir- 

 cumstances or provocation, attempt to bite 

 you, anywhere. 



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