38 THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



character of her animals, and can, if she chooses, 

 watch and superintend the education of her 

 horse from the time he is a colt, lias undoubt- 

 edly a better chance of securing a fine saddle- 

 horse than she who lives in the city and is 

 obliged to depend almost entirely upon others 

 for the training of her horse. Indeed, very lit- 

 tle formal training will be necessary for a horse 

 that has been brought up under the eye of a 

 kind and judicious mistress, for he will soon 

 learn to understand and obey the wishes of one 

 whom he loves and trusts, and if she be an ac- 

 complished rider she can do the greater part of 

 the training herself. 



The best and most trustworthy horse the au- 

 thor ever had was one that was trained almost 

 from his birth. Fay's advent was a welcome 

 event to the children of the family, by whom 

 he was immediately claimed and used as a play- 

 fellow. By the older members of the family he 

 was always regarded as part of the household, 

 — an honored servant, to be well cared for, — 

 and he was petted and fondled by all, from 

 paterfamilias down to Bridget in the kitchen. 

 He was taught, among other tricks, to bow 

 politely when anything nice was given him, 

 and many were the journeys he made around 

 to the kitchen window, where he would make 



