CHAPTER XL 



HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. 



221. — The high school education of the racer, the hunter^ 

 the war horse, the child's pony, the roadster, or the overland 

 traveller, will differ even more than that of a lawyer, a doctor, 

 a clergyman, or a military officer. 



We shall, for obvious reasons, say little about the first 

 three. Their training is always undertaken by experts, who, if 

 not perfect at their work, are seldom seekers of advice. In what 

 we say of the other three we can only hope to make a few 

 suggestions that will illustrate the simplest means by which any 

 of them may be taught such accomplishments as may best fit 

 them for the work of their lives. 



THE RACE HORSE. 



222. — The race horse has often the advantage of very accom- 

 plished teachers. Men from whom we have learned much. The 

 disgusting vices, so consi^icuous on the public race course, are 

 little seen in the private training stable, and those who judge 

 the one from the other, and think that everything connected 

 wnth the race horse must be depraved, would be surprised to 

 witness the command of temper, the high character, and the 

 noble self control of some of the men who are entrusted with 

 the care of the most valuable race horses. 



"We have no love for the race course, but it is the gambling 

 not the racing that we abhor. It is absurd to talk of its cruelty. 

 There is no cruelty in letting, or even in urging a highly trained 

 And capable horse to do his utmost for five minutes, whilst the 

 care that is taken to prepare him for that five minutes work has 

 taught horsemen in all other vocations a great deal that has 



