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nearer until he is close to the dreaded object. Then 

 he will smell it, test it by rubbing it with his nose, 

 which is the tactile organ of the horse as the hand is 

 with us, and then, having satisfied his curiosity, will 

 trouble himself no more about the former object of 

 his fears. 



The following short account of Earey's dealings 

 with a horse which was too much even for the Life 

 Guards, is taken from Mr. S. Sidney's ' Book of the 

 Horse : ' ' The commanding officer of one of the regi- 

 ments of Household Cavalry placed in Earey's hands 

 a cream-coloured stallion from Her Majesty's stud 

 that had resisted every effort of roughriders of the 

 regiment to make it carry the kettle-drums. 



' The horse was in the riding school. Earey 

 took one of the drums, placed it before the horse's 

 nose, and by degrees got him to smell it. Then he 

 gave it a slight tap with one of his fingers, on w r hich 

 the horse started, but smelt it again. Eepeating this 

 operation again and again louder, and each time 

 with a drumstick, after a series of starts and smells 

 the horse began to find out that the drum did him 

 no harm. 



' The drum was then placed against his side and 

 the tapping process repeated. Finally, certainly 

 within less than an hour, Earey mounted his pupil 

 and marched him round the school, beating the 



