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jngation to the present, that a portion, at least, of all 

 civilized nations, as well as the Indian who catches 

 him wild, have participated in the pleasures and 

 profits of the horse. And his value at the present 

 time depends, to a great extent, on the knowledge and 

 skill we possess in using him ; for when we call out 

 the finer feelings of his nature by kind treatment, we 

 are delighted and comforted in the manner and wil- 

 lingness in which he renders.his services for onr bene- 

 fit ; while to those who know no other way of govern- 

 ing him than by brute force, he often becomes fretful 

 and vicious, and even a dangerous servant ; conse- 

 quently, we see that his real value to us rises or falls, 

 according to our ability and manner of governing him. 

 He has been imported and transported from nation 

 to nation ; he is used to do our hardest drudgery, as 

 well as to pride himself in honoring kings ; he is used 

 to convey us to places of amusement and worship ; in 

 fact, there is no vocation in which man is engaged 

 that the horse is not made useful to further his pur- 

 pose. And in all places, and among all classes, we 

 find his value corresponding with the state of society 

 where he is employed. And here is another idea 

 about the horse which is worth its weight in gold, viz : 

 his cultivation and improvement have a tendency to 

 promote good society. For man, while cultivating 

 the finer feelings of his nature, (as he must, in order to 

 control the horse properly,) arrives at that degree of 

 refinement in his mind which is so necessar}^ for a 

 member of good society to possess. I have known 



