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is the most docile of its kind, and I cannot but think 

 that if he lived in our houses and we took as much 

 notice of him, the horse would prove quite as sagacious 

 as the dog ; but we must never forget that to harshness 

 or intimidation he is the most sensitive of creatures, 

 and even when in fault should be rather cautioned 

 than reproved. 



An ounce of illustration is worth a pound of argument, 

 and the following example best conveys the spirit in 

 which our brave and willing servant should be treated 

 by his lord. 



Many years ago, when he hunted the Cottesmore 

 country, Sir Richard Button's hounds had been running 

 hard from Glooston Wood along the valley under 

 Cranehoe by Slawston to Holt. After thirty minutes 

 or so over this beautiful, but exceedingly stiff line, their 

 heads went up, and they came to a check, possibly from 

 their own dash and eagerness, certainly, at that pace 

 and amongst those fences, not from being overridden. 



" Turn 'em, Ben ! " exclaimed Sir Richard, with a 

 dirty coat, and Hotspur in a lather, but determined not 

 to lose a moment in getting after his fox. " Yes, Sir 

 Richard," answered Morgan, running his horse without 

 a moment's hesitation at a flight of double-posts and 

 rails, with a ditch in the middle and one on each side ! 



