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and low, deep through the heart, of wiry, whalebone texture 

 all over, and with a back of amazing strength for a horse of 

 her size. She made a record of 2.14 at Boston, in Sep- 

 tember, 1874. 



Power of Kindness. She, like Maud S., appreciated a 

 kind friend. The following incident will show how highly an 

 intelligent animal appreciates a kind master or keeper. When 

 she had her foal she was so watchful over it that she would 

 not allow any one to come near it. Her old trainer, Charley 

 Cochrane, had not seen her for two years, and when he went 

 to see her and her colt, it was arranged that she should hear 

 Charley's voice before seeing him. A loud, cheerful whinny 

 told all present that she recognized the voice of her old friend. 

 As soon as he appeared, a touching scene occurred. The Maid, 

 who before had made use of both heels and teeth to drive out 

 every one who dared to approach her colt, left the colt in her 

 eagerness to meet her old friend, and placed her head on his 

 shoulders and her nose in his face and played with his whiskers, 

 and manifested great delight in the unmistakable ways that in- 

 telligent animals can express. Her colt came up to be caressed 

 by her mother's friend, and the mare seemed delighted to have 

 Charley Cochrane lay his hand on her offspring. When he left 

 she followed him to the gate, and then looked kindly after him, 

 and called to him after he had passed out of sight. I have 

 taken the space and time to narrate these incidents to illustrate 

 how much greater power the kind and patient man has over the 

 high-tempered and strong-willed horses. 



DEXTER was another valuable horse that showed the need of 

 kind and wise handling. He was a son of Hambletonian, but 

 his white feet and blazed face made him less esteemed. At 

 four years old he was sold to Mr. Alley, unbroken. In his 

 hands the horse ran away with a sleigh and then with a wagon, 

 but was fortunate in his next year to fall into the hands of that 

 kind, level-headed trainer, Hiram Woodruff, with whom he soon 

 became famous, and in four seasons won forty-nine races. He 

 made the best mile to the wagon, best mile in harness, and best 

 mile to the saddle that had yet been made. 



