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ago ; and speaking from his own experience lie can safely 

 say the results have been most satisfactory, as the prizes 

 offered have had the effect of inducing the wagoners and 

 carters to bestow more care and attention upon the animals 

 placed under their care ; for they have learned the very 

 useful lesson, that if they desire to present their horses in a 

 condition necessary to ensure their taking a prize, the}'' must 

 attend to their animals and groom them regularly and well 

 all the year round, and not merely dress them up for the 

 Show. 



The Author feels confident that if what he has done on a 

 small scale were carried out in ever}' locality throughout 

 the kingdom upon a larger scale, much good would be 

 accomplished and the breed of horses considerably improved; 

 for when a horse is kindly treated and properly attended to, 

 its temper is improved, and the improvement is transmitted. 



The writer of the " Russo- Turkish War " informs us that 

 no people on earth excel the Turks in their tender care and 

 regard for the lower animals, and it is well-known that the 

 Arabs bestow the utmost affection upon their horses, and the 

 result is that the horse of the Arab is most docile — indeed, 

 so much so, that the children may be seen fondling and 

 playing with them. The Arab being passionately attached 

 to his horse, the horse becomes so to its master. 



It is related that on one occasion an Arab was taken prisoner 

 and carried to a considerable distance from the encampment 

 of his tribe, and having been bound hand and foot was 

 placed in a tent a short distance from where his steed was 

 picketed with a number of others. During the night the 

 horse, with its teeth, bit the rope with which he was tied, 

 and making its way to where its master la}' bound, it seized 

 the silk scarf or sash which was tied round his body and 

 dashed off across the plain, and never halted till it placed 

 its master safe at his tent, and then fell down exhausted, 

 and expired. 



Such devotion, such affection, could not have been de- 

 veloped by the whip or the spur of the jockey, but only by 

 that kind treatment which the Author advocates. 



He is of opinion, if, in addition to the May Shows, prizes 

 were offered for the best kept and most orderly arranged 



