xviii INTRODUCTION. 



between the two beings. Man has his choice of 

 action, whereas the horse has none, so that the chief 

 responsibility is thrown upon man. Man can teach 

 the horse, but the horse, unfortunately for itself, 

 cannot teach man. 



Each owes a duty to the other. 



Man is bound to afford to the horse the food and 

 shelter which it needs, and which it cannot pro- 

 cure without his aid. On the other side, in return 

 for its means of existence, the horse is bound to give 

 to man the benefit of its labour. In the following 

 pages I have endeavoured to show how horse and 

 man can be fellow-workers instead of master and 

 slave, how the life of the horse can be prolonged as 

 much as possible, and how the animal can be enabled 

 to do the maximum of work during its lifetime. 



