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he can safely say the results have been most satisfactory, 

 as the prizes offered have had the effect of inducing the 

 waeofoners 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, they 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 every locality throughout the 

 kingdom upon a larger scale, much good would be 

 accomplished and the breed of horses considerably im- 

 proved ; for when a horse is kindly treated and properly 

 attended to, its temper is improved, and the improve- 

 ment is transmitted. The author of the '' Ricsso- 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 

 greatest care 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 like dogs. The Arab becomes passionately attached 

 to his horse, and the horse to his 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 picketted with a number of others. During the 

 night the horse, with his teeth, bit the rope with which 

 he was tied, and making its way to where its master lay, 

 bound, it seized the silk scarf or sash which was tied 

 round its 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 devo- 



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