AGE. 



HI 



As horses are now treated, their ages may be com- 

 pared with that of man as follows : — 

 A horse at 5 equals a man at 



10 

 15 

 20 

 25 

 30 

 35 

 40 



20 

 40 

 50 

 60 

 65 

 70 

 90 

 105 



This calculation supposes both subjects to be 

 well treated, or, as the Americans would saj^, 

 '' having a good time of it." 



This is just another point in which Government 

 interference would be beneficial. Horses ought not 

 to be required to work or earn a sixpence until five 

 years old. Not that there are not employments in 

 which they could participate without serious injury 

 to themselves before that age, but because these 

 employments are so scarce, and it would be so 

 difficult to draw the line were it left to individual 

 opinion on the subject as to be practically impossi- 

 ble to admit the exception with benefit. 



