THE HORSE 



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social relations, is, it is true, esteemed almost 

 everywhere at his true worth as a domestic 

 animal ; and yet he still comes too often in 

 contact with that instrument of temper and 

 tyranny, the i^'hip. It is remarkable that in 

 lands where the horse lives nearest to his 

 master, in close companionship and hourly 

 service, the use of whip and spur, sometimes 



of bit and saddle, is unknown. The nearer we 

 come to civilized nations the more we find a 

 change. It is in the centers of civilization, in 

 the great cities of Europe and America, that 

 we see drivers of drays and cabs lashing their 

 weary, worn-out, or overloaded horses. Tliis 

 domestic animal, at least, deserves better 

 treatment. 



