THE HORSE 



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duties to the animal are unfulfilled ! Chicago 

 is said to be the hell of horses, but ocular wit- 

 nesses say that compared with St. Petersburg 

 it is their paradise. 



The Russian peasant gives 

 soft names to his horses, but 

 often denies them food — per- 

 haps because he has so little 

 for himself. In the days of 

 serfdom the peasants (with 

 permission of their masters) 

 came in crowds to the capital 

 with their skeletons of horses, 

 to let them for saddle or har- 

 ness, and thus prolong their 

 own miserable lives and those 

 of their beasts. 



English grooms hold the 

 first rank for the care they 

 give to their animals. The 

 bandaging of the legs, the 

 rubbing of the muscles and 

 tendons with stimulants and tonics, the partic- 

 ular method of cleaning (during which the 

 groom makes a curious hissing noise with his 

 teeth and lips), the sponging of the backs, — 

 all this is of English origin and has been 

 adopted by the other nations of Europe and by 



treatment of the animal by the Anglo-Sa.xon 

 races has done much to ameliorate his condi- 

 tion all over the civilized world. 



Brushing Him 



America. In England the horse, especially the 

 Thoroughbred, is idolized by young and old, 

 by great and small ; this careful and intelligent 



Champion Double Team, " So.mktimes"' and "Always" 



Our readers have probably heard of V. S. 

 Rarey, a native of Ohio, who became celebrated 

 about the year i860 by the gentleness with 

 which he conquered restive and vicious horses. 

 He went to England and made his first attempts 

 at Tattersall's, the well-known establishment 

 where the most important sales of horses 

 and carriages were made. In a single day 

 he was able to render tractable the most 

 \icious and uncontrollable animals. He 

 began with one which was terrible for its 

 ferocity. In less than one day the animal 

 followed him round the arena like a dog 

 and did everything that he ordered. Lord 

 Derby gave him a little Thoroughbred mare 

 so savage as to be useless, and the same 

 result was obtained. A white horse from 

 the royal stables, which no one had been 

 able to master, became soft as wax in 

 Rarey's hands. Rarey's fame being spread 

 abroad, he was called on to give representa- 

 tions of his method in the presence of the 

 queen and other dignitaries. Two duchesses 

 took lessons from him, for which instruction he 

 asked ;£20 each. Afterwards he went to France, 

 where he displayed his art before the Emperor. 



