154 THE PERFECT HORSE. 



regard man, whom lie is afterwards to serve, as his pro- 

 tector and friend. A human hand should first lift him 

 gently to his feet, and direct his little mouth to the 

 source of maternal nourishment. With the human 

 touch he should thus early be made to associate caresses 

 and a supply for all his- wants. Instead of yells and 

 oaths and kicks and rude blows, he should hear only 

 gentle, loving tones from the attendant's mouth, and pet- 

 tings from his kindly palm. He should be taught to 

 expect and watch for man's entrance to the stall or 

 paddock where he is kept, as a dog waits for the coming 

 of the master, as the season of joy and happiness. His 

 little deer-like limbs should be handled, and he be taught 

 to yield them promptly and without fear to the master's 

 touch. In short, every thing .that loving ingenuity can 

 devise should be done to impress upon his mind thus 

 early in life that man is his natural protector and friend, 

 between whom and him an intimate companionship has 

 been ordained by beneficent Nature, which insures that 

 he shall be protected and cherished while he serves. 

 Ah, me ! if colts could have such treatment, how few 

 vicious horses we should see ! and how much greater, in 

 the aggregate, would be the happiness which life would 

 bring to them and man! I say, happiness j for He who 

 made all things hath given unto each creature, according 

 to the class and order of its life, powers, and capacity 

 for impressions, sufficient to make existence sweet, and 

 fill the days of its life to overflowing with satisfactions. 

 Especially is this true in respect to those animals 



