increase. As wealth and refinement ad- 

 vance, our horses are becoming more and 

 more worthless. 



The value of a horse depends, chiefly, 

 on his speed and endurance. If he has 

 endurance without speed, he still has a 

 value ; if he has speed with great endur- 

 ance, he is invaluable. But if he has 

 neither speed nor endurance, he has no 

 value whatever. 



I have frequently noticed the possessors 

 of fine teams afraid to dash out fifteen or 

 twenty miles of an afternoon, lest their 

 horses should suffer. Others drive two or 

 three miles at a leisurely gait, every few 

 days, apparently to benefit the health of 

 the horse, without regard to their own 

 pleasure or amusement, and the only sat- 



