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two months old, and weighed when full grown only- 

 fifteen pounds. Splan in turn gave the pup to Dave, 

 the groom of flams, with a caution not to let the horse 

 hurt him, for on several occasions Rarus had bitten 

 dogs that ventured into his stall. But to this terrier, 

 who is described as possessing " almost human intel- 

 ligence," the trotter took a great fancy, which the dog 

 fully returned. They became fast and inseparable 

 friends. " Xot only,' 5 says Mr. Splan, " were they ex- 

 tremely fond of each other, but they showed their 

 affection plainly as did ever a man for a woman. We 

 never took any pains to teach the dog anything about 

 the horse. Everything he knew came to him by his 

 own patience. From the time I took him to the sta- 

 ble, a pup, until I sold Rarus, they were never sepa- 

 rated an hour. We once left the dog in the stall while 

 we took the horse to the blacksmith shop, and when 

 we came back we found he had made havoc with every- 

 thing there was in there, trying to get out, while the 

 horse during the entire journey was uneasy, restless, 

 and in general acted as badly as the dog did. Dave 

 remarked that he thought that we had better keep the 

 horse and dog together after that. When Rarus went 

 to the track for exercise, or to trot a race, the dog 

 would follow Dave around and sit by the gate at his 

 side, watching Rarus with as much interest as Dave 

 did. When the horse returned to the stable after a 

 heat, and was unchecked, the dog would walk up and 

 climb up on his forward legs and kiss him, the horse 

 always bending his head down to receive the caress. 

 In the stable, after work was over, Jim and the horse 

 would often frolic like two boys. If the horse lay 

 down, Jim would climb on his back, and in that way 



