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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



road this system of harnessing works well with regularly in the same wheel rut that he made 



docile horses, which are willing to go easily and in the sand at starting. However, Plato, the 



steadily, but special aptitude and much practice philosopher, thought that a man who bestowed 



are required to make evolutions correctly. such pains upon futile things must naturally 



A Si;t of Nink 



It is thought a great test of skill to drive neglect those that are more important and 



a four-wheeled carriage in such a way that one more worth}- of admiration, 

 of the wheels (selected in advance) shall crush 



an egg ; or to stop the vehicle at the precise • *^^ 



moment when the chosen wheel covers a piece In war the horse formerly had a far more 



of money that has been laid upon the ground. important part than he has in these days, when 



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It is related that in ancient times a Greek 

 named Arniceris carried the noble art of driv- 

 ing to such perfection that he made the cir- 

 cuit of an amphitheater several times, stopping 



civilization has made such strides that men can 

 perfectly well kill each other without the help 

 of brute beasts. In ancient times warriors rode 

 their horses bareback, as we see in the antique 



